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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14,145 approved · 1,430 refused · 1,455 withdrawn.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: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abermule Cp School Abermule Montgomery SY15 6ND
Received 7 Feb 2023Bacheldre Hall Churchstoke Montgomery SY15 6TE
Received 10 Mar 2023Brickyard/Greenfields Kerry Newtown Powys SY16 4LH
Received 6 Feb 2023Pant Glas Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0DP
Received 22 May 2023Nant Bran Bach Llangadfan Welshpool SY21 0NW
Received 9 Feb 2023Pentrenant Leighton Welshpool SY21 8JZ
Received 10 Mar 2023Arddol House High Street Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool SY21 0QY
Received 15 Jun 2023Ty Uchaf Llanerfyl Welshpool SY21 0EZ
Received 30 Nov 2021Land At Buttington Cross Enterprise Park Buttington Welshpool Powys SY21 8SL
Received 7 Oct 2021Brynelen Uchaf Cyfronydd Welshpool Powys SY21 9HB
Received 23 Sept 2021Calcot Hall Llandrinio Llanymynech Powys SY22 6SJ
Received 1 Dec 2021Lower Heldre Heldre Lane Buttington Welshpool SY21 8TD
Received 14 Oct 2021Community Garden Arthur Street Montgomery Powys
Received 15 Oct 2021Riverdale Severn Lane Welshpool Powys SY21 7BB
Received 26 Jan 2022The Vicarage Church Bank Welshpool SY21 7DP
Received 3 Dec 2021The Vicarage Church Bank Welshpool SY21 7DP
Received 3 Dec 2021Ger Y Nant Dolanog Welshpool SY21 0HU
Received 24 Sept 2021Bsw Timber Solutions Severn Farm Industrial Estate Welshpool Powys SY21 7DF
Received 5 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Little Phipps Llandyssil Montgomery SY15 6LQ
Received 14 Jul 2022Anemometry Mast Foel Welshpool Powys
Received 14 Jul 2022Unit 1 The Quarry Brook Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7NA
Received 20 Oct 2021Land Formerly Of Penrhos Farm Llansantffraid-ym-mechain Llanymynech Powys SY22 6QH
Received 1 Oct 2021Tyn Y Coed Berriew Welshpool SY21 8QG
Received 12 Nov 2021Tyn Y Coed Berriew Welshpool SY21 8QG
Received 12 Nov 2021Records 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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