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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Powys County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
13,853 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Middle House Evenjobb Presteigne Powys LD8 2PB
Received 7 Apr 2017Old School House Cascob Presteigne Powys LD8 2NT
Received 23 Mar 2017Old School House Cascob Presteigne Powys LD8 2NT
Received 23 Mar 2017Land At Boughrood Castle Farm Boughrood Brecon Powys LD3 0YH
Received 7 Nov 2017Chapel Lodge Dolwen Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LH
Received 2 Feb 20174 Pughs Plock Rectory Lane New Radnor Presteigne Powys LD8 2SR
Received 1 Dec 201712 Hereford Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AR
Received 4 Dec 2017SWN Yr Afon Abercegir Machynlleth SY20 8NR
Received 17 Jan 20171 Castle Cottage Aberedw Builth Wells Powys LD2 3UL
Received 4 Aug 2017Wilbury Cottage Stanner Kington HR5 3NP
Received 18 Aug 2017Bodafon Frankwell Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BU
Received 16 Mar 2017Bodafon Frankwell Street Newtown Powys SY16 2BU
Received 20 Mar 2017Land Adj To Threshing Barn Boughrood Powys LD3 0YG
Received 10 Mar 2017Seconds & Co Unit 5 The Morgan Building Presteigne Powys LD8 2UF
Received 23 Nov 2017Gwernaffel Farm Knighton Powys LD7 1SE
Received 2 May 2017Hen Berllan Glasbury Hereford HR3 5NZ
Received 2 Oct 20176 Bryn Villas Crescent Street Newtown Powys SY16 2HH
Received 25 Jan 2017Gelert Newchurch Kington Powys HR5 3QF
Received 5 Sept 2017The Willows Evenjobb Presteigne Powys LD8 2SA
Received 7 Sept 2017Gwrhyd Mochdre Newtown Powys SY16 4JP
Received 20 Dec 2016Land At Old Impton Farm Norton Presteigne Powys LD8 2EN
Received 9 May 2017Old School House Cascob Presteigne Powys LD8 2NT
Received 21 Aug 2017Old School House Cascob Presteigne Powys LD8 2NT
Received 17 Aug 2017Trem Y Bryniau/Llanddewi Hills Llanddewi Llandrinod Wells Powys LD1 6SF
Received 29 Mar 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Powys County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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