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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.
14,000 approved · 1,419 refused · 1,440 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jun 2012 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glebe Cottage Old Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6DH
Received 14 Jun 2022Fox Farm Garthmyl Montgomery Powys SY15 6RW
Received 25 Feb 2022Homelea Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6LB
Received 14 Mar 202218 Llanfair Road Newtown Powys SY16 2DQ
Received 28 Mar 202214 Glandulas Drive Newtown Powys SY16 4JB
Received 14 Feb 2022Pentre Bank House Leighton Welshpool Powys SY21 8HR
Received 16 Feb 202232 Swallows Meadow Castle Caereinion Welshpool SY21 9DZ
Received 16 Feb 2022Bwlchcaehaidd Bwlch-y-ffridd Newtown Powys SY16 3JB
Received 8 Jun 20235 Trewen Llandinam SY17 5BU
Received 17 Feb 2024Pen Y Graig Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5RG
Received 20 Feb 2024Lyndon Castle Road Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6AG
Received 22 Mar 2023Brookfield Hyssington Montgomery Powys SY15 6EQ
Received 21 Jul 2023Maes-Adar Forden Welshpool SY21 8NB
Received 27 Apr 2023Cwmllwynog Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys SY21 0HF
Received 31 Mar 2023Pentre Mill Pentre Churchstoke Powys SY15 6SU
Received 24 Feb 2022Llwyn Tref Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NN
Received 3 Mar 2022Tyn Wytra Newtown Powys SY16 4JS
Received 12 Jul 2023Lower House Farm Manafon Welshpool Powys SY21 8BJ
Received 22 Feb 2023Cross Lane Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PY
Received 15 Aug 2023Burgedin Hall Pool Quay Welshpool SY21 9LN
Received 17 Aug 2023Cerniau Llangadfan Welshpool Powys SY21 0QL
Received 6 Apr 2022Y Ddol Forden Welshpool Powys SY21 8NH
Received 18 Jul 2023Lower Brynllywarch Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 29 Jun 2022Hendre Dyfnant Llanwddyn Oswestry SY10 0NL
Received 25 Feb 2022Records 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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