Hafren Forest Car Park, Rhyd Y Benwch, Old Hall, Llanidloes, SY18 6SY Data via plota.co.uk

P/26/0262/FUL - Full planning permission Refused

Proposal

Improvements to the existing car park including replacement toilet block with new septic tank/drainage mound together with the creation of an additional car parking area Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 18 Sept 2026, 20:50

Application progress

✓

Received

18 May 2026

✓

Validated

8 Jun 2026

✗

Refused

18 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 39

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report Report · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Notice Decision · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 7

PDF Bat survey of trees Supporting documents · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 51268-BUR-MCP-XX-D-C-10501_ProposedDrainage-S4-P1.0.pdf Plan · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage survey report Supporting documents · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 51268-BUR-XX-XX-T-C-0001_HafrenForestDrainageStatement.pdf Supporting documents · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 51268-BUR-OCP-XX-D-C-10501-P1.1-OCP Proposed Drainage.pdf Plan · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF CSC1291 - GI Statement.pdf Supporting documents · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF 20970 - Hafren Forest Car Park - CCTV survey results Plan-1.0-.pdf Plan · 18 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 20

Application forms 1

PDF EIA Screening Form EIA Screening form · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 6

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wye

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Special area of conservation about 109 m away: River Wye / Afon Gwy (Wales)

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

National infrastructure project about 176 m away: Mynydd y Gwynt Wind Farm

The site is about 176 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

SSSI about 109 m away: River Wye (Upper Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Uchaf)

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Other new applications on this street

9 Oct 2026Pending

Site north of Rhyd Y Benwch car park, Hafren Forest, Llanidloes, SY18 6SY

Development of an overflow car park

P/26/1069/FUL

8 Oct 2026Pending

Hafren Car Park, Rhyd Y Benwch, Old Hall, Llanidloes, SY18 6SY

Discharge of condition 5 of planning approval 24/1716/FUL

P/26/1115/DIS

24 Jun 2026Approved

SIBRWD Y GWY, PANTMAWR, LLANIDLOES, SY18 6SY

Erection of agricultural shed

P/26/0487/AGR

Nearby new applications

9 Oct 2026Pending

Site north of Rhyd Y Benwch car park, Hafren Forest, Llanidloes, SY18 6SY

Development of an overflow car park

P/26/1069/FUL

8 Oct 2026Pending

Hafren Car Park, Rhyd Y Benwch, Old Hall, Llanidloes, SY18 6SY

Discharge of condition 5 of planning approval 24/1716/FUL

P/26/1115/DIS

Important details

Council: Powys
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: SY18 6SY
Received: 18 May 2026
Validated: 8 Jun 2026
Ward: Llanidloes
Parish: Llanidloes Without Community
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Aug 2026
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 18 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Agent: CarneySweeney - Max Lewis

How this decision compares

Decided in 102 days from validation, 13 days slower than Powys's median of 89 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 11% of commercial and major works here are.

This one102d

Council89d

UK57d

42%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

7%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Powys in the last twelve months, from validation. Powys decision record →