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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13,853 approved · 1,407 refused · 1,430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Adjacent B4518 St Harmon Rhayader Powys
Received 4 May 2021Land At Bank Farm Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3LS
Received 9 Apr 2021Ty-coch Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5LT
Received 8 Jul 2021A458 Trunk Road Spring Bank Culvert Golfa Welshpool Powys SY21 9AF
Received 16 Apr 2021Yr Helyg Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DB
Received 15 Jul 2021Land Adjacent To Belin Mount Crew Green Shrewsbury Powys
Received 14 Jul 202111 Waterloo Fields Forden Welshpool SY21 8LF
Received 29 Jun 2021Ty Coed Bryntail Lead Mine Road Crowlwm Y Fan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6NZ
Received 2 Jul 2021Land At Coed Mawr Oakley Park Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LS
Received 12 Aug 2020Glanhanog Isaf Barns Glanhanog Isaf Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5JU
Received 11 Aug 2020Land Adjoining The Garage Adfa Newtown Powys SY16 3DD
Received 18 Aug 2020Nantygeifr Glyn-brochan Llanidloes Powys SY18 6PN
Received 17 Dec 2019Mile Oak Milford Road Newtown SY16 3AR
Received 10 Jul 2020Land To The South Of The A489 West Of Mochdre Brook Newtown Powys SY16 4HZ
Received 2 Oct 2020Green Chapel Pant-Y-Dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LL
Received 22 Jul 2020Garth Holiday Park Machynlleth Powys SY20 8HQ
Received 8 Oct 2020Land At Craig Y Gronfa Mallwyd Machynlleth Powys SY20 8JG
Received 2 Oct 2020Land Near To Nant Wyllt Cefn Coch Welshpool Powys SY21 0AY
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Bwlch Yr Laen Dolfach Llanbrynmair SY19 7BA
Received 4 Aug 2020The Workshop Bethel Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6BS
Received 10 Oct 2020Middle Garth Aberhafesp Newtown Powys SY16 3LN
Received 12 Aug 2020Development Adj To Dolwaen Troedyrallt Llanidloes Powys SY18 6AT
Received 28 Sept 2020Land Adj To Glynhafren Old Hall Llanidloes Powys SY18 6PS
Received 20 Oct 2020Little Meadow Park Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DL
Received 9 Aug 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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