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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Powys County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Powys website
14,146 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New House Gwenddwr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3BZ
Received 4 Mar 2013Plot Opposite 3 CWM Tawe Road Penrhos Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1QU
Received 11 Apr 20133 Little Meadow Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0BR
Received 10 Apr 2013Plot 4 CWRT Y Gamlas Ystradgynlais Swansea Powys
Received 4 Mar 2013Ynyswye Erwood Builth Wells Powys LD2 3YT
Received 27 Mar 2013Bryndu Trallong Brecon Powys LD3 8HN
Received 1 Mar 2013Plot Adjacent To Ashgrove Llanigon Hereford Powys HR3 5RP
Received 21 Mar 2013Land North East Of Llanwrtyd Wells Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4SB
Received 15 May 2013Llwynberried Fforddlas, Llanigon Hereford HR3 5QF
Received 22 May 2013West Lodge Bronllys Brecon Powys LD3 0LU
Received 7 Mar 2013Overhead Fire Tower Dan Yr Eppynt Tirabad Llangammarch Wells Powys
Received 25 Mar 2013Strand Place Strand Street Builth Wells Powys LD2 3JA
Received 19 Feb 2013Crugybwbach Trecastle Llywel Brecon Powys LD3 8RH
Received 29 Apr 2013Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 14 Commercial Street Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1HD
Received 14 Mar 201325 Cwmtawe Road Penrhos Ystradgynlais Swansea SA9 1QU
Received 14 Feb 2013Bryn Tirion Sale Lane Trewern Welshpool Powys SY21 8SY
Received 17 Feb 2021Pentre Mill, The Wain House Buttington Welshpool SY21 8HN
Received 28 Jan 2021Fir Tree View Brook Street Welshpool SY21 7LY
Received 9 Mar 2021Hirrhyd Barns Berriew Welshpool SY21 8BG
Received 29 Jan 2021Pant Glas Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0DP
Received 20 Jan 2021Pwllyglo House Groes-pluen Welshpool Powys SY21 9BW
Received 4 Feb 2021Hillgate Kerry Newtown SY16 4PH
Received 23 Feb 2021Land At City House Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RG
Received 10 Mar 2021Gwernowddy Old Farm House Gwernowddy Hendre Lane Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SF
Received 8 Feb 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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