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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
15,581 approved · 1,509 refused · 1,565 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
CWMGWENDDWR, GWENDDWR, BUILTH WELLS, LD2 3HZ
Received 12 Aug 2026SEVERN HOUSE, BACK LANE, CRIGGION, SHREWSBURY, SY5 9BE
Received 18 Aug 2026MIN Y NANT, LLAWR-Y-GLYN, CAERSWS, SY17 5RH
Received 20 Aug 2026TOP O'GRAIG, LLANGEDWYN, OSWESTRY, SY10 9LB
Received 6 Aug 2026Land at Cefn Llan, Llangammarch Wells, Powys
Received 20 Aug 2026CORNDON, MINSTERLEY, SHREWSBURY, SY5 0JL
Received 21 Aug 2026WAINDDU, CROSSGATES, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5SW
Received 21 Aug 2026Nant Y Pandy, Llanfihangel, Llanfyllin, SY22 5JF
Received 24 Aug 2026LLWYNMADOC FARM, ABERMULE, MONTGOMERY, SY15 6JW
Received 24 Aug 2026TEA ROOM, POWIS CASTLE AND PARKLANDS, RED LANE, POWIS CASTLE, WELSHPOOL, SY21 8RF
Received 12 Aug 2026GLEBE HOUSE, GUILSFIELD, WELSHPOOL, SY21 9NF
Received 12 Aug 2026MITCHELL MEREDITH CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, THE EXCHANGE, TEMPLE STREET, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5HG
Received 24 Aug 2026PLAS, DOLANOG, WELSHPOOL, SY21 0NA
Received 25 Aug 2026BRYNSCOLFA FARM, NANTMEL, RHAYADER, LD6 5NH
Received 14 Aug 2026LLANDEWY HALL, LLANDDEWI, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 6SF
Received 13 Aug 2026DEVELOPMENT AT COMMODORE YARD, EAST STREET, RHAYADER, LD6 5EN
Received 17 Aug 202627 Broad Street, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7RW
Received 14 Aug 2026LLANIDLOES RFCCAE HAFREN, DOLWEN, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6LQ
Received 17 Aug 2026BRONIARTH HALL, PENTRE'R-BEIRDD, GUILSFIELD, WELSHPOOL, SY21 9DW
Received 26 Aug 2026GRAIG, DOLAU, LLANDRINDOD WELLS, LD1 5TL
Received 14 Aug 2026Plot 5, Broadaxe Business Park, Presteigne, LD8 2UH
Received 27 Aug 2026Coedyclawdd Isaf, Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant, Oswestry, Llanfyllin, SY22 5HQ
Received 28 Aug 2026Platform 2, Newtown Railway Station, Newtown, SY16 1BP
Received 28 Aug 2026Land at Forgeside, Sennybridge, Brecon, Powys, LD3 8RB
Received 28 Aug 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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