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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.
13,854 approved · 1,408 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jul 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 South Of Cwm Bychan Mawr Darowen Machynlleth SY20 8LL
Received 20 Mar 2020Land At Rhydaderyn Cemmaes Machynlleth SY20 8QP
Received 5 Nov 2019Gwern Howell Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3DZ
Received 9 Jun 2020Land At Pool Road (Former Ford Garage Site) Pool Road Newtown Powys SY16 3AH
Received 21 Sept 2020Randall Parker Foods Oakley Park Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LW
Received 6 Jul 2020Development Southeast Of Rock Terrace Llan Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7DW
Received 25 Aug 2020Glanbechan Bettws Cedewain Newtown SY16 3BN
Received 2 Sept 2020Maesperthi Caravan Site Penegoes Machynlleth Powys SY20 8UN
Received 13 May 2020Smithfield Market Gorn Road Llanidloes Powys SY18 6DE
Received 4 Aug 2020Plot 1 Cemmaes Machynlleth Powys SY20 9PR
Received 22 Sept 2020The Barn At Carreg Llwyd Place South Street Rhayader Powys LD6 5BL
Received 22 May 2020Plots 35 And 36 Woodland Way Llanllwchaiarn Newtown Powys SY16 2TH
Received 2 Jul 2020Land At Tynllidiart Hill Penybont Elan Valley Rhayader Powys LD6 5HS
Received 3 Feb 2020Land North Of Upper Dolau Nantmel Rhayader Powys LD6 5PE
Received 28 Feb 2020Brynderwin Bryndu Road Llanidloes SY18 6JH
Received 11 May 2020Land At Machynlleth ATE Site Treowain Industrial Estate Machynlleth Powys
Received 20 Jan 2020Land At Church House Farm Llanwnnog Caersws Powys
Received 23 Sept 2020Land At Llanwrthwl Llandrindod Powys LD1 6NU
Received 9 Jul 2020Hirfron Pant-y-dwr Rhayader Powys LD6 5LR
Received 30 Nov 2020Hilltop House Hidden Valley Caravan And Chalet Park Maes Mawr Welshpool SY21 9DB
Received 28 Jan 2021Commodore Hotel Spa Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5ER
Received 13 Jan 2022Unit 3 Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 30 Dec 2020Land At Chestnut House Berriew Welshpool SY21 8PL
Received 26 May 2021Aldi Site Pool Road Newtown Powys SY16 3AH
Received 23 Apr 2021Records 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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