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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
15,502 approved · 1,504 refused · 1,559 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jul 2011 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
GOLWG Y CWM, ABERMULE, MONTGOMERY, SY15 6LA
Received 16 Apr 2026PEN Y FFRIDD, CASTLE CAEREINION, WELSHPOOL, SY21 9AU
Received 7 May 2026Land near Lilac House 80m West North West, Forden, Welshpool, SY21 8NB
Received 7 May 2026THE LODGE, OLD KERRY ROAD, NEWTOWN, SY16 1BH
Received 16 Apr 2026Land adjacent to Hill Farm, Trewern, Nr Welshpool, SY21 8EJ
Received 1 May 2026MEDWALLETH, FELINDRE, KNIGHTON, LD7 1YT
Received 16 Apr 2026BRYN THOMAS, PENYBONT, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5SP
Received 29 Apr 2026LAND SOUTHWEST OF GWERN-HWYAID FARMHOUSE, BOCHRWYD, ABERHONDDU, LD3 0LQ
Received 29 Apr 2026FLAT 101, 34 HIGH STREET, WELSHPOOL, SY21 7JL
Received 16 Apr 20268 SMITHFIELD STREET, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6EJ
Received 7 May 2026OXENBROOK, NORTON, PRESTEIGNE, LD8 2EN
Received 17 Apr 20268 SMITHFIELD STREET, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6EJ
Received 20 Apr 2026MAES-Y-MEILLION, PEDAIR-FFORDD, OSWESTRY, SY10 0AU
Received 7 May 2026UNIT 66, MOCHDRE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWTOWN, SY16 4LE
Received 20 Apr 2026OAKLANDS, FORDEN, WELSHPOOL, SY21 8NA
Received 16 Apr 2026Land East of Garmon Newydd, Pant Y Dwr, Rhayader, LD6 5LW
Received 21 Apr 2026LAND 370 METRES WEST SOUTHWEST OF RHYD YR ONEN FARM, GLYN-BROCHAN, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6PL
Received 27 Apr 2026Land at Ffinnant, Manafon, Welshpool, SY21 8BP
Received 21 Apr 2026Bitfel, Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant, Oswestry, SY10 0BG
Received 11 May 2026Land South of Grange Farm, Sarnau, Llanymynech, SY22 6QL
Received 11 May 20269 PARK-VIEW, LLAN-DDEW, BRECON, LD3 9RL
Received 11 May 2026GROE VILLA, 12 THE STRAND, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3BG
Received 11 May 2026UPPER PENTRE, LLANFAREDD, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3TE
Received 5 May 2026OLD SCHOOL HOUSE, TREGYNON, NEWTOWN, SY16 3EL
Received 27 Apr 2026Records 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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