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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13,853 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 4 Land Between 14 And 15 Ffordd Mynydd Griffith Machynlleth Powys SY20 8DD
Received 13 Nov 2018Cwmrhiewdre Llaithddu Llandrindod Wells Powys SY16 4BW
Received 9 Apr 201917 Daulwyn Llanwrin Machynlleth Powys SY20 8QJ
Received 15 Nov 2018Hedgerow Removal Close To Llan Village Llanbrynmair Powys
Received 11 Mar 20194 Corndon Drive Montgomery Powys SY15 6RE
Received 1 Mar 2019Gwel Y Cwm Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JS
Received 23 Jan 2019Hedgerow Removal Close To Llan Village Llanbrynmair Powys
Received 11 Mar 2019Hedgerow Removal Close To Llan Village Llanbrynmair Powys
Received 11 Mar 2019Land Forming Part Of Bryndan Aberhosan Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SG
Received 31 Oct 2018Land West Of Nant Wyllt Cefn Coch Welshpool Powys SY21 0AY
Received 27 Feb 2018Middleton Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ET
Received 9 Nov 20165 Penrallt Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AG
Received 15 Apr 2019Upper Ucheldre Brooks Welshpool Powys SY21 8QW
Received 26 Jan 2021Dolgead Hall Caravan Park Llanfair Caereinion Powys SY21 0HT
Received 26 Jan 2021PT Enclosure 7847 Phase 3 Plas Trannon Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PW
Received 8 Apr 2021Drewern Farm Hundred House Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RR
Received 12 Dec 2022Communications Mast Land At Bronheulwen Farm Glyn Brochan Llanidloes Powys
Received 7 Sept 2019Water Grist Mill Water Lane Rhayader Powys LD6 5AN
Received 19 Jan 2017Rhosllyn Rhayader LD6 5PD
Received 12 Feb 2020Pen Y Ddol Arfryn Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5QY
Received 16 Jan 2020Rhayader C In W School Rhayader LD6 5LT
Received 14 Nov 2019Nant Yr Esgairwen Talerddig Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7AJ
Received 23 Sept 2019Land Near To St Mary The Virgin Church Trelystan Welshpool SY21 8LD
Received 8 Mar 2021Woodvilla Dolau Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5UN
Received 13 Feb 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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