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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14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,453 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 14 The Fox Complex Severn Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7AZ
Received 20 Jan 2023Kerry Football Ground Football Pitch Park Avenue Kerry Newtown Powys
Received 15 Mar 2022Land At Oaklands Forden Welshpool Powys
Received 27 Aug 2022Winswood Lower Gwestydd Lane Aberbechan Newtown SY16 3AY
Received 23 Nov 2021Land Adjacent To Belle Vue Garthmyl Welshpool Powys
Received 10 Feb 2022Brockwell Montgomery Powys SY15 6HZ
Received 23 Nov 2021Pen Y Borfa New Mills Newtown SY16 3NT
Received 30 Aug 20231 Plough Bank Pound Montgomery SY15 6QE
Received 28 Mar 2023The Pumphouse Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BL
Received 27 Sept 2022Cwmdale Abermule Montgomery Powys SY15 6LE
Received 16 May 2022Maes Y Groes Chapel Cyfronydd Welshpool SY21 9EG
Received 6 Apr 2022LAND ADJOINING Bridgend GLAN YR AFON Garthmyl Montgomery SY15 6RT
Received 6 Apr 20223 Canal Yard Cottages Canal Yard Welshpool SY21 7AQ
Received 29 Mar 2023Barn At Coppice Lane Pool Quay Welshpool Powys SY21 9JY
Received 21 Feb 2023Llanbrynmair Forest
Received 14 Jun 2023Gwrachen Plantation Llanbrynmair Forest
Received 14 Jun 2023Burgedin Hall Pool Quay Welshpool SY21 9LN
Received 1 Dec 2022Llwynmadoc Farm Abermule Montgomery SY15 6JW
Received 14 Feb 2023Wern Farm Foel Welshpool SY21 0NY
Received 22 Feb 2023Belan Cwmbelan Llanidloes SY18 6QL
Received 19 Dec 2023Lower Brynllywarch Kerry Newtown SY16 4PD
Received 3 May 2022Land Surrounding Troed Yr Ewig Pen-y-Bwlch Llanerfyl
Received 23 May 2022Little Newry Cottage Newry Road Builth Wells LD2 3LZ
Received 10 Jul 2025Porth Farm Moat Lane Caersws SY17 5SE
Received 11 Apr 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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