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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13,853 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between 14 And 15 Ffordd Mynydd Griffith Machynlleth SY20 8DD
Received 8 Oct 2018Peartree Cottage West Mount Woodlands Road Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HX
Received 16 Jun 2018Plas Dolguog Estate Machynlleth Powys SY20 8UJ
Received 14 Feb 2019Dyffryn Van Llanidloes SY18 6NH
Received 20 Dec 20184 Rock Terrace Tanrallt Road Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AP
Received 11 Feb 20196 Pencaemawr Penegoes Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BP
Received 12 Feb 2019Pykins Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JU
Received 16 Oct 2018Land Opp Pentre Farm Rhosgoch Builth Wells
Received 16 Jan 2023Upper Drostre Llan-Y-Wern Brecon LD3 0TN
Received 1 Nov 2022Maes Mawr Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6SL
Received 14 Jan 201926-27 Poplar Square Machynlleth SY20 8BX
Received 1 Mar 2019Plot 1 West Of Van Terrace Van Llanidloes Powys
Received 2 Mar 2019Gorn Farm U2780 From Junction With Road To Llanidloes And Road To Cefngwilgy-Fawr To Gorn The Gorn Llanidloes SY18 6LA
Received 21 Mar 2019Nant Y Geifr Farm Glyn-brochan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6PN
Received 28 Feb 2019Gwern Tyddyn Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6QB
Received 25 Mar 2019Unit 1 Treowain Industrial Estate Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EG
Received 19 Mar 2019Gorn Farm U2780 From Junction With Road To Llanidloes And Road To Cefngwilgy-Fawr To Gorn The Gorn Llanidloes SY18 6LA
Received 13 Mar 2019Development Of Shepherd Huts 200 Meters North Of Upper Dolau Nantmel Rhaeadr Gwy Powys
Received 29 Jul 20194 Rock Terrace Tanrallt Road Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AP
Received 17 Apr 2019Ysgubor Tanllan Darowen Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NS
Received 8 Jul 2019St Brides Church Rhayader Powys
Received 18 Jun 2019Nant Yr Esgairwen Talerddig Llanbrynmair SY19 7AJ
Received 8 Jul 2019Ogof Fawr Derwen-las Machynlleth Powys SY20 8TL
Received 26 Jul 2019New Rural Enterprise Dwelling Melin-byrhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8SH
Received 29 Mar 2019Records 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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