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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14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 12 Woodlands Business Park Ystradgynlais SA9 1JW
Received 25 Mar 2025Carradale 29 Salop Road Welshpool SY21 7EF
Received 29 Jul 2025Rosedene Caerbont Abercrave SA9 1SW
Received 8 Sept 2025Llawrllan Crickadarn Builth Wells Powys LD2 3PJ
Received 26 Jun 20251 Church View Broad Street Presteigne LD8 2AF
Received 4 Jun 2025Gas House Glasbury Hereford Powys HR3 5LQ
Received 3 Jun 2025Llanymynech Church Rectory Lane Llanymynech
Received 10 Sept 2025Bryn Garth Knighton Road Presteigne LD8 2BW
Received 2 Sept 2025Upper Sheephouse Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5PP
Received 15 Sept 20256 Trefleming Cottage Tre-Fleming Abercrave Swansea SA9 1US
Received 25 Jul 2025Ysgol Y Cribarth Maesyfron Abercrave Swansea Powys SA9 1XD
Received 3 Nov 2025Y Fronwen Llanfihangel Tal-Y-Llyn Brecon LD3 7TL
Received 7 Nov 2025St Llonios Church Llandinam Powys
Received 6 Nov 2025The Kennels Three Cocks Brecon LD3 0SP
Received 30 Oct 2025Domen Gastell Llanfechain SY22 6UY
Received 24 Sept 2025Bethlehem Capel Yr Annibynwyr Caerlan Abercrave Powys
Received 12 Nov 2025Llwyn-onn Llawr-y-glyn Caersws Powys SY17 5RH
Received 21 Aug 2024Carreg-y-fuddiau Dressage Abercegir Machynlleth Powys SY20 8NW
Received 6 Nov 2024Tynewydd Nea Llanfyllin SY22 5LZ
Received 4 Aug 2025Llanbrynmair Forest Site 1: 294322 307280 Site 2: 291452 305068 Site 3: 294033 307851
Received 27 Aug 2024Pant Y Gwalia Pontdolgoch Caersws SY17 5NE
Received 10 May 2024Plas Newydd Windmill Lane Trelydan Welshpool SY21 9HZ
Received 15 Jul 2024Steepwood Milford Road Newtown Powys SY16 2EQ
Received 2 Aug 20241 Clive Place Severn Road Welshpool Powys SY21 7AN
Received 12 Aug 2024Records 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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