Ystradgynlais would be added to Brecon, Llandrindod Wells, Newtown, and Welshpool as a core area.
Councillors will be advised to approve plans for the long awaited £49 million new school building in Machynlleth.
RIVER pollution is now a major risk to future housing developments and the economic prosperity of Powys, according to senior councillors.
12 plans for chicken farms in Powys are in limbo nearly two years after the Welsh Government ordered that the applications be paused.
Plans to extend a Newtown factory, potentially creating 25 jobs, have been put on hold by county planners.
Powys councillors have approved plans for three homes in the car park of a former Powys pub.
A CONSULTATION on using the Single Transferable Vote system in Powys was supported by 60.5 per cent of respondents.
Changes to Powys hospitals described by campaigners as a "downgrade by stealth" are to go ahead
PLAID Cymru have a new Powys County Councillor after Alwyn Evans won the Machynlleth by-election.
Powys' cabinet member for transport Jackie Charlton has seen a motion of no confidence in her rejected.
