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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
14,070 approved · 1,427 refused · 1,447 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gorsty House Hyssington Montgomery Powys SY15 6AT
Received 7 Jun 2023Belan Lock Cottage Lan Belan Welshpool SY21 8SD
Received 2 Mar 2023Christ Church Church Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7LN
Received 7 Jun 2023The Lions Lions Bank Montgomery Powys SY15 6PT
Received 31 Mar 2023Land To South East Of Golfa Hall Castle Caereinion Welshpool SY21 9AF
Received 21 Jul 2023Mayfield Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PU
Received 30 Nov 2025South Of Oakleigh Refail Berriew Powys SY21 8AJ
Received 1 Sept 2022Zion Chapel Nantycelyn Cloddiau Welshpool Powys SY21 9JE
Received 16 Sept 2022Morrisons Supermarket Berriew Road Welshpool SY21 7SQ
Received 27 Feb 2023Holly Bank Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9JA
Received 16 Nov 2022Land Near Village Shop Carno Caersws Powys SY17 5LH
Received 13 Jun 2024Wynnstay House 7 Penrallt Street Machynlleth SY20 8AG
Received 30 Apr 2024Wynnstay House 7 Penrallt Street Machynlleth SY20 8AG
Received 1 May 2024Former Gasworks Site Gasworks Lane Machynlleth Powys SY20 8BY
Received 31 Jul 2024Wgi Fach Carno Caersws SY17 5LX
Received 18 Jul 2024Penmaes Salop Road Welshpool SY21 7DT
Received 10 Sept 2024Penmaes Salop Road Welshpool SY21 7DT
Received 10 Sept 2024Tyn Y Celyn Adfa Newtown SY16 3DD
Received 22 Jul 2024Bronydd Baptist Chapel Clyro Hereford HR3 5RX
Received 21 Mar 2025Cefnhinog Aberedw Builth Wells LD2 3UP
Received 4 Mar 2025Talgarth Farm Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PU
Received 23 Sept 20248 Rock House Court Llandrindod Wells LD1 6AX
Received 12 Nov 2024Rectory Penegoes Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NH
Received 7 Nov 2024Ysgol Y Cribarth Maesyfron Abercrave Swansea SA9 1XD
Received 12 Feb 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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