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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
15,526 approved · 1,505 refused · 1,560 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
DEVELOPMENT LAND ADJ OAKTREE VIEW, CROSSGATES, LLANDRINDOD WELLS
Received 15 May 2026Land West of Derwllwydion, Penffordd-las, Llanbrynmair, SY17 5RP
Received 2 Jun 2026THE OLD COACH HOUSE, HEOL GIEDD, YSTRADGYNLAIS, SWANSEA, SA9 1JY
Received 1 Jun 2026NOYADD, CILMERY, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3NT
Received 2 Jun 2026DOL Y FARDYN, CEFN COCH, WELSHPOOL, SY21 0AZ
Received 2 Jun 202685 HEOL GIEDD, CWMGIEDD, YSTRADGYNLAIS, SWANSEA, SA9 1LS
Received 19 May 2026LOWER GAUFRON FARM HOUSE, HOWEY, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5RG
Received 27 May 202611C Broad Street, Welshpool, SY21 7JR
Received 3 Jun 2026Land adjoining Pen y Bont, Carno, Caersws, SY17 5LG
Received 3 Jun 2026MOOR COTTAGE, CAERSWS, SY17 5HP
Received 3 Jun 2026Former Police Station, Llanfyllin, Powys, SY22 5BQ
Received 3 Jun 2026THE PRESBYTERY, ITHON ROAD, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 6AS
Received 8 Apr 2026THE FFRIDD, BERRIEW, WELSHPOOL, SY21 8AT
Received 9 Apr 2026CEFN GWERNFA, TREGYNON, NEWTOWN, SY16 3EU
Received 8 Apr 2026HENDY, BETTWS DISSERTH, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5RP
Received 8 Apr 2026CHURCH CLOSE, CANNON'S LANE, PRESTEIGNE, LD8 2HE
Received 10 Apr 2026PENYCAREG, LLANAFANFAWR, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3PW
Received 14 Apr 2026DEVELOPMENT LAND ADJ OAKTREE VIEW, CROSSGATES, LLANDRINDOD WELLS
Received 26 Mar 2026LAND ADJACENT TO BRYNLLYWARCH HALL SCHOOL, KERRY, NEWTOWN, SY16 4PB
Received 14 Apr 2026TY MAWR, PEN-Y-BONT-FAWR, OSWESTRY, SY10 0HN
Received 4 Jun 2026GLANDULAS MAWR, PANTPERTHOG, MACHYNLLETH, SY20 9AX
Received 4 Jun 2026Existing base station, Kingswood Farm, Forden, SY21 8TS
Received 10 Jun 2026BRYN HYFRYD, CASTLE CAEREINION, WELSHPOOL, SY21 9EX
Received 5 Jun 2026TREDERWEN HALL, TREDERWEN LANE, ARDDLEEN, LLANYMYNECH, SY22 6RZ
Received 5 Jun 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.
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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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