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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14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot At Former Playground Adjacent To North Of Chrisgar Glannant Ystradgynlais Powys
Received 4 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To 37 Gorof Road Gorof Road Lower Cwmtwrch Swansea Powys
Received 2 Jun 2025Henfaes Uchaf Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SN
Received 17 Jul 202562 Station Road, Ystradgynlais, SA9 1NX
Received 1 Aug 2025Mobile Home Cymru Deg Market Garden Llan-y-wern Brecon Powys LD3 0TL
Received 31 Oct 202511 Cambrian Place Llanidloes SY18 6BX
Received 23 Jul 2024Plas Stables The Plas Heol Pentrerhedyn Machynlleth Powys SY20 8EU
Received 6 Aug 2024Archibald House Waterloo Road Llandrindod Wells LD1 6BL
Received 29 Feb 2024Llettygwyn Aberystwyth Road Machynlleth SY20 8ET
Received 21 Jun 2024Bryndu Canol Tylwch Llanidloes SY18 6JJ
Received 11 Jul 2024Tynyddol Pantywaen Llanbrynmair SY19 7AF
Received 21 Feb 2024Cefn Vastre Kerry Newtown SY16 4DU
Received 22 Apr 2024Solstar Plas Dolguog Estate Machynlleth Powys SY20 8UJ
Received 2 May 2024Glanbidno Isaf Llangurig Llanidloes SY18 6SW
Received 3 Jun 2024Brynawel Heol Machynlleth SY20 8AY
Received 31 May 2024Bryn Heulog Bryn Gardens Newtown SY16 2DR
Received 24 Nov 2025Weavers Cottage Mill Lane Llanfyllin SY22 5BG
Received 17 Nov 2025Capel Nebo Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JZ
Received 19 Dec 2024Oakdale Llanidloes SY18 6JA
Received 10 Sept 2024Rhiwgriafol Tal-Y-Wern Machynlleth SY20 8NY
Received 18 Jun 2024Llanbrynmair Forest Clegyrnant Powys
Received 28 Aug 2024Land At Grofft Farm Cemmaes Road Machynlleth SY20 8JY
Received 27 Nov 2025Glyn Cogan Barn Manafon Welshpool SY21 8BJ
Received 27 Oct 2025Cross Farm Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DP
Received 14 Mar 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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