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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14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mount Severn Pool Road Newtown SY16 1DW
Received 30 Aug 2024Hafod Yr Ancr Cilmery Builth Wells LD2 3PD
Received 30 Jan 2025Rhiwlas Tal-Y-Wern Machynlleth SY20 8SH
Received 14 May 2024Plas Bach Aberystwyth Road Machynlleth SY20 8EU
Received 3 Sept 20241 Hollybush House Berriew Road Welshpool SY21 7SS
Received 29 Jul 20241 Eastgate Street Llanidloes SY18 6HD
Received 21 Jun 202412 Station Road Boughrood Brecon LD3 0YF
Received 3 Feb 2025Maesygroes Builth Wells LD2 3ND
Received 24 Mar 2025Pantdrain Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SA
Received 20 Nov 2024Wynnstay House 7 Penrallt Street Machynlleth SY20 8AG
Received 27 Sept 2024Wye Knot Stop Llyswen Brecon LD3 0UR
Received 13 Mar 20258 River View Close Boughrood Brecon LD3 0YZ
Received 12 Feb 2025Glan Gwden Trefeglwys Caersws SY17 5PX
Received 22 Oct 2024Montgomery County Infirmary Llanfair Road Newtown SY16 2DW
Received 24 Feb 2025Greenways Clyro Hereford HR3 6HA
Received 13 Mar 2025Upper Sheephouse Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5PP
Received 22 Jan 2025Upper Sheephouse Hay-On-Wye Hereford HR3 5PP
Received 21 Jan 202522 Heulwen Way Welshpool Powys SY21 7DB
Received 28 Nov 20245 Pelican Street Ystradgynlais SA9 1LG
Received 27 Feb 2025Ynys Villa Aberysgir Brecon LD3 9NU
Received 7 Apr 2025Glynmawr Ffynnon Gynydd Hereford HR3 5LU
Received 25 Mar 2025Rock House Llyswen Brecon LD3 0UR
Received 28 Jan 2025YfC Centre Royal Welsh Showground Llanelwedd Builth Wells Powys LD2 3NJ
Received 18 Dec 202457 Cwmphil Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea SA9 2QA
Received 23 Sept 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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