Transport planning across Mid Wales.
Transport planning for schemes in the market towns and countryside of Mid Wales, where access, visibility and realistic travel choices usually decide the outcome.
Powys and Ceredigion
each the planning and highway authority
Welsh Government
trunk roads including the A483 and A470
Planning Policy Wales
and Technical Advice Note 18
How schemes in Mid Wales get decided.
Who decides
Each council is both the planning authority and the highway authority for local roads. Planning Policy Wales and Technical Advice Note 18 put walking, cycling and public transport first, and the evidence needs to show how a scheme supports that.
What shapes schemes here
Mid Wales is mostly rural, with market towns strung along the A483, A470 and the Cambrian line, and long distances between services.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the A483, A470, A458 and A44. There’s a railway station, so the walking and cycling route to it counts for a lot in any application. Trunk roads such as the A483, A470 and A458 are the Welsh Government’s, managed through the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent. Where a scheme affects them, they need to agree the evidence too.
Questions we get asked
Which areas do you cover nearby?
We also cover Newtown, Powys, Welshpool and Oswestry, and sites in between.
Does the 20mph default speed limit affect my access design?
It can. Most restricted roads in Wales became 20mph in 2023, and some have since gone back to 30mph after review. Visibility should reflect the speeds traffic actually travels, so a speed survey often pays for itself.
Also working around Mid Wales.
From our insights.
What does your Mid Wales site need?
Send us the location. We'll tell you what the council is likely to ask for, with a fixed fee.