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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
14,049 approved · 1,426 refused · 1,446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westdene Temple Street Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 5HF
Received 17 Jul 2025The Old Court House Station Road Llanwrtyd Wells Powys LD5 4RW
Received 11 Jun 2025Cefn Llan Llangammarch Powys LD4 4AA
Received 30 Jun 2025Blaen Hernin Dyffryn Road Llandrindod Wells Powys LD1 6AN
Received 29 Apr 2025Lansdowne Cae Castell Builth Wells LD2 3BE
Received 15 May 2025Harley House 7 Broad Street Presteigne LD8 2AA
Received 7 May 2025Bwlch Y Dderwen Llanafanfawr Builth Wells Powys LD2 3LW
Received 21 Nov 2025Keppers Cottage Chapel Farm Whitney-on-wye Hereford Powys
Received 22 Jul 2025Upper Caerfaelog Caerfaelog Lane Llanbister Llandrindod Powys LD1 6UL
Received 11 Jun 2025Land Adj Dyfnant Llanidloes Powys SY18 6HR
Received 26 Sept 202452 Hereford Street Presteigne Powys LD8 2AU
Received 20 Nov 2025Plot To The Right Of Waters Edge Llanthomas Lane Llanigon Hereford Powys
Received 10 Nov 2025Home Farm Upper Sarnau Llanymynech SY22 6QP
Received 18 Jan 2023Land At Cold Orchard Hill Brooks Welshpool SY21 8QY
Received 30 Aug 2022Bryn-wg-isaf Abercegir Machynlleth Powys
Received 6 Mar 2024Dol Hafan Llanbrynmair Powys SY19 7AF
Received 28 Nov 2024Mill Cottage Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5SE
Received 10 Jun 20251 Llundain Fach Brecon Road Ystradgynlais Swansea Powys SA9 1ST
Received 21 Nov 2025White Lion Inn 10 Heol Pentrerhedyn Machynlleth SY20 8DN
Received 5 Jul 2024Yr Ysgol Heol Giedd Ystradgynlais SA9 1LQ
Received 12 Sept 2025Ebenezer Capel Yr Annibynwyr Heol Gwys Upper Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 2XG
Received 13 Mar 2025Malgwyn Pantmawr Llanidloes SY18 6PP
Received 11 Sept 2024Wynnstay House 7 Penrallt Street Machynlleth SY20 8AG
Received 30 Apr 2024Land To The Rear Of 89 Heol Twrch Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys SA9 2TE
Received 10 Mar 2025Records 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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