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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
14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caerhowel Farm Caerhowel Montgomery SY15 6HF
Received 22 Nov 2022Baskerville House Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5RZ
Received 25 Jun 2025Castle Buildings Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant Oswestry Powys SY10 0JU
Received 18 Feb 202210 Workshop And Premises Crescent Street Newtown SY16 2HB
Received 5 Apr 2022Frongain Clatter Caersws SY17 5NL
Received 8 Oct 202441 Broad Street Welshpool SY21 7RR
Received 2 Jul 20243 Boatside Barns, Maes Y Caer Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5RS
Received 18 May 202326 West Street Builth Wells LD2 3AL
Received 5 Oct 2023Tynrhos Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0PU
Received 14 Jun 2023Peace Cottage Evancoyd Evenjobb Presteigne Powys LD8 2PA
Received 1 Nov 2017Great Cwmgwannon Barn Clyro Hereford Powys HR3 5JJ
Received 14 Nov 2025Royal Mail Severn Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7AF
Received 29 Jun 2022Dyke Lands Forden Welshpool SY21 8LZ
Received 7 Jun 2022Red House Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6NT
Received 5 Nov 2021Outbuilding At Caethugley Berriew Welshpool Powys SY21 8BG
Received 23 Jun 2022Dyffryn Restaurant Foel Welshpool SY21 0NU
Received 23 Nov 2022The Cottage Inn Forden Road Montgomery SY15 6QT
Received 26 Jul 2022Bryn Derwen Motte Abermule Montgomery SY15 6JP
Received 12 Jan 2022Broom Cottage 38 Mount Street Welshpool SY21 7LW
Received 11 Jun 2022Broom Cottage 38 Mount Street Welshpool SY21 7LW
Received 11 Jun 2022The Uplands Gungrog Fawr Lane Trelydan Welshpool SY21 9HS
Received 14 Jul 2022Leighton Centre Leighton Welshpool SY21 8HJ
Received 26 Oct 2023Cleveland Four Crosses Llanymynech Powys SY22 6RL
Received 15 Nov 2021Maes Yr Afon Caravan Park Berriew Welshpool SY21 8BQ
Received 27 Aug 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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