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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13,853 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pennant Uchaf Pennant Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BJ
Received 6 Mar 2019Richard George And Jenkins 11 Severn Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7AG
Received 7 Jul 2017Richard George And Jenkins 11 Severn Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7AG
Received 11 Jul 2017Llys Clywedog Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HW
Received 12 Feb 2019Land Off Glandwr Garth Owen Newtown Powys SY16 1JP
Received 20 Jul 2021A458 Trunk Road Spring Bank Culvert Golfa Welshpool Powys SY21 9AF
Received 16 Apr 2021Aberithon Turbary Newbridge-On-Wye Llandrindod Wells
Received 18 Oct 2021Penlan A470t From Access Road To Ty-Coch To Tal-Y-Llyn Country Club At Carno Carno Caersws SY17 5LT
Received 14 Mar 2019Glanrhyd Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SJ
Received 20 Feb 2017Land At Llwynbrain Villas A483 Crossway Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5PY
Received 4 Jan 2017Welshpool Automated Telephone Exchange Severn Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7AD
Received 20 Nov 2017The White Horse Hotel 42 Maengwyn Street Machynlleth Powys SY20 8DT
Received 17 Aug 2018Hirnant Old House Dylife Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BP
Received 11 Apr 2019Land Adj Hendre Fach Carno Caersws SY17 5JY
Received 26 May 2021Fir View Tan Y Fridd Caravan Park Llangyniew Welshpool SY21 0LT
Received 6 Aug 2022Pantygamallt Staylittle Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7BU
Received 9 Nov 2017Llwyncelyn U2760 From Junction With C2075 At Llwyn Celyn To Just Beyond Track To Maes-Mawr Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SB
Received 28 Feb 2019Capel Nebo A489t From Cemmaes Road Roundabout To Junction With B4404 Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JZ
Received 4 Apr 2019Land Adjacent Glyndwr Hotel 14 Heol Y Doll Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BQ
Received 15 Oct 2020Land Opp Rock Terrace Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DW
Received 12 Jun 2020Site Adjacent To Parc Derwen Fawr Derwen Fawr Business Park Llanidloes Powys
Received 5 Mar 20203 Jubilee Terrace Cwmbelan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6RQ
Received 30 Oct 2019Conversion Of Barn Into A Dwelling At Morben Hall Derwen-las Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SR
Received 30 Sept 20194 Church House Orchard Aberbachan Newtown Powys SY16 3BH
Received 25 Jun 2020Records 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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