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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
14,125 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Garth Road Builth Wells LD2 3AR
Received 1 Dec 2025Hafod Barn Llangadfan Welshpool Powys
Received 13 Dec 2022Upper Gogia Llowes Hereford HR3 5JG
Received 6 Jun 2023Pentre Bach Foel Welshpool SY21 0PE
Received 16 Feb 20231 Bear Passage Welshpool SY21 7JL
Received 1 Nov 2022Hydris Leigh Four Crosses Llanymynech SY22 6RG
Received 9 Dec 2021Clyniarth Cottage Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9HB
Received 3 Dec 2021White Hopton Farm Wern Lane Sarn Newtown SY16 4EN
Received 9 Dec 2021Lower House Farm Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BJ
Received 30 May 202230 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RR
Received 16 May 2022Quarry Cottage Sarn Newtown SY16 4HH
Received 20 Apr 20222 Cross Houses Chirbury Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6QG
Received 29 Sept 2021Block Farm Kerry Newtown SY16 4PJ
Received 17 Jan 2022Land NE Of Panney Pentre Llifior Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8QJ
Received 25 Oct 2021Motor Vehicle Workshop NPTC College Llanidloes Road Newtown Powys SY16 4HU
Received 14 Apr 2022Clive House Chirbury Road Montgomery Powys SY15 6QJ
Received 12 Apr 202230 Middletown Residential Park Middletown Welshpool SY21 8EX
Received 28 Oct 2021Golwen Berriew Welshpool SY21 8PD
Received 6 Dec 20221 Church Terrace Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PF
Received 29 Jun 2022Dolgarreg Cilcewydd Welshpool SY21 8LN
Received 1 Mar 2022The Broads Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6DU
Received 1 May 20221 Church Terrace Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8PF
Received 29 Jun 2022Hardings Shed & Garden Supplies Groesllwyd Guilsfield Welshpool SY21 9BZ
Received 30 Nov 20225 Maes Derwen Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0BB
Received 28 Apr 2022Records 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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