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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.
13,860 approved · 1,408 refused · 1,430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2013 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At The Rear Of Bronllys CP School Bronllys Brecon Powys
Received 29 Mar 2021Plot 15 Pistyll Farm Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn Brecon Powys LD3 7TJ
Received 29 Mar 2021Rhiw Wood Rhiew Farm Hundred House Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5RY
Received 1 Jun 2020Land Off Kilvert View Kilverts View Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5NQ
Received 2 Oct 2020Land Off Kilvert View Kilverts View Cleirwy Hereford Powys
Received 2 Oct 2020Oak Villa Llandeilo Graban Builth Wells LD2 3SJ
Received 1 Jul 20201 Southlands Drive Howey Llandrindod Wells LD1 5SJ
Received 24 Jun 2020258 Brecon Road Penrhos Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1QX
Received 12 Aug 20165 Richmond Park Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1SG
Received 8 Aug 2016Land Adjacent To 50 Heol TWRCH Lower CWMTWRCH Swansea SA9 2TE
Received 24 Oct 2017All Black Arms Gurnos Road Ystalyfera Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 2LA
Received 1 Nov 2017Ysgol Gymraeg Dyffryn Y Glowyr Gurnos Swansea SA9 2PT
Received 29 Oct 2019The Mot Centre Trawsfford Road Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1DT
Received 14 Jun 2017The Rhos Holding Trelystan Leighton Powys SY21 8JB
Received 27 Mar 2020Land West Of Garthmyl Hall Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RS
Received 31 Mar 2020Stables At Trinity Cottage Trewern Welshpool Powys SY21 8ET
Received 5 Mar 2020Waun Farm Bwlch-y-sarnau Rhayader Powys LD6 5NB
Received 6 Apr 2020Land West Of New House Berriew Welshpool SY21 8QQ
Received 11 Mar 202036 Commercial Street Ystradgynlais SA9 1JH
Received 10 Dec 2019Land Adj Buttercup House Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6AH
Received 17 Mar 202069 Heol Gleien Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 2UF
Received 16 Apr 2019Prices Arms Station Road Coelbren Neath Powys SA10 9PN
Received 4 Aug 201724 Station Road Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1NT
Received 31 May 201759 Ynyscedwyn Road Ystradgynlais Powys SA9 1BH
Received 16 Mar 2018Records 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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