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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.
13,855 approved · 1,408 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The River Claerwen Elan Valley Rhayader Powys
Received 6 Nov 2019Development Site Of Former Memorial Hall Trefeglwys Caersws Powys
Received 10 Feb 2020Cae-llwyn Nantmel Rhayader Powys LD6 5PE
Received 24 Jul 2019Former Primary School Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PH
Received 10 Feb 2020Development Site Rear Of Former Memorial Hall Trefeglwys Caersws Powys
Received 10 Feb 2020Parc Yr Esgob Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5NY
Received 2 Feb 2021Bradleys Garage Carno Road Caersws Powys SY17 5EF
Received 25 May 2017Pentre Corris Machynlleth Powys SY20 9TF
Received 25 May 2018Church Lodge High Street Llanidloes Powys SY18 6DB
Received 13 Feb 2018Land Between 14 And 15 Ffordd Mynydd Griffith Machynlleth SY20 8DD
Received 28 Aug 2018Land Adjoining Unit 11 Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 14 Aug 2020Waen Llwydion Llandinam Powys SY17 5AH
Received 13 Aug 2018The Foel A470t From Llangurig Roundabout To Junction With B4518 By Llanidloes Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6RN
Received 28 Jun 2018Land Near Coed Cochin Mawr Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6QJ
Received 9 Oct 2018Pen Y Bont A489t From Cemmaes Road Roundabout To Junction With B4404 Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JY
Received 21 Jun 2018Esgairlwyd Ceinws Machynlleth Powys
Received 10 Jan 2019Land At Cwmrhiewdre Llaithddu Llandrindod Wells Powys SY16 4BW
Received 7 Jun 2018Tyncelyn Oakley Park Llanidloes Powys SY18 6LP
Received 1 Aug 2018Land At Bryn Hafod Llidiartywaun Llanidloes Powys SY18 6JX
Received 6 Aug 2018Capel Bethel Forge Machynlleth Powys SY20 8RN
Received 13 Sept 2018Blaen Y Glyn Llangurig Llanidloes Powys SY18 6SL
Received 21 Sept 2018PT Enclosure 7847 Phase 3 Trefeglwys Caersws Powys SY17 5PW
Received 24 Aug 2018New Dwelling On Land At Parc Derwen Fawr Gorn Road Llanidloes Powys SY18 6DQ
Received 19 Aug 2018Bro Ddyfi Community Hospital Maengwyn Street Machynlleth SY20 8AD
Received 12 Dec 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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