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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14,070 approved · 1,427 refused · 1,447 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ridgeview Wellington Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 5NB
Received 27 Feb 2025Lansdowne Cae Castell Builth Wells LD2 3BE
Received 19 Feb 2025Riverdale Severn Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 7BB
Received 21 Feb 2025Nant Y Rhos Irfon Crescent Llanwrtyd Wells LD5 4TB
Received 26 Feb 2025Pentyrch Smithy Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
Received 15 Feb 2023Todleth View Churchstoke Montgomery Powys SY15 6DU
Received 14 Mar 202310 Clos Bryn Y Ddol Welshpool SY21 7UP
Received 17 Mar 2023Pen-Y-Derw Forden Welshpool SY21 8NH
Received 1 Dec 2022LAND ADJOINING Bridgend - GLAN YR AFON Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RT
Received 21 Feb 20239 - 10 Hall Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7RY
Received 23 Jan 2023Pentre Mill Pentre Churchstoke SY15 6SU
Received 2 Dec 2022Land At Llwyn Neuadd Bungalow Abbey Cwm-hir Llandrindod Wells Powys
Received 1 Mar 2024Church House Farm Llanwnog Caersws SY17 5JG
Received 2 Jan 2024Hill View Erw Wen Welshpool Powys SY21 7HN
Received 28 Jun 2022Westlawn Marton Welshpool Powys SY21 8JL
Received 28 Nov 2023Barn At Meadowvale Red Lane Berriew Welshpool SY21 8AS
Received 8 Sept 2023Minffordd Cefn Coch Welshpool SY21 0AP
Received 29 Nov 2023Llwyngwyn Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5NZ
Received 23 Jan 2024Valley View Groes-Pluen Welshpool SY21 9BW
Received 24 Jan 2024Old Church School Llanwnog Caersws Powys SY17 5JG
Received 25 Jan 202423 High Street Newtown SY16 2PN
Received 23 Jan 2024The Smithy Kerry Newtown SY16 4LL
Received 11 Oct 2023Westlawn Marton Welshpool SY21 8JL
Received 30 Oct 2023Plas Stables The Plas Heol Pentrerhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EU
Received 20 Dec 2023Records 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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