Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wrexham County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
15,839 approved · 1,212 refused · 999 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
6 WOODSIDE COTTAGES OLD BLACK PARK ROAD CHIRK WREXHAM LL14 5AY
Received 12 Apr 2018GWERSYLLT COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL/JUNIOR SCHOOL/YSGOL Y GAER INFANTS SCHOOL DODDS LANE GWERSYLLT WREXHAM LL11 4NT
Received 11 Apr 201849 QUEENS SQUARE RHOSYMEDRE WREXHAM LL14 3EQ
Received 12 Apr 2018BROUGHTON HOUSE THREAPWOOD MALPAS SY14 7AN
Received 11 Apr 20182B GREYSTONES CHURCH STREET CHIRK WREXHAM LL14 5HA
Received 10 Apr 2018LAND OFF TUDOR DRIVE PENLEY WREXHAM LL13 0JN
Received 10 Apr 2018LAND OFF TUDOR DRIVE PENLEY WREXHAM LL13 0JN
Received 10 Apr 2018LAND OFF TUDOR DRIVE PENLEY WREXHAM LL13 0JN
Received 10 Apr 2018VILLAGE HALL SCHOOL LANE ERBISTOCK WREXHAM LL13 0DW
Received 10 Apr 2018COOPERATIVE FOOD HOLYHEAD ROAD CHIRK WREXHAM LL14 5NA
Received 10 Apr 20184 BRECK CLOSE MARCHWIEL WREXHAM LL13 0PS
Received 9 Apr 20183 -7 REGENT STREET WREXHAM LL11 1SG
Received 9 Apr 2018PENBEDW CLAYWORKS BOWERS ROAD ACREFAIR WREXHAM LL14 3TL
Received 10 Apr 201833 - 35 BROOK STREET WREXHAM LL13 7LH
Received 9 Apr 2018RACKERY FARM BURTON ROSSETT WREXHAM LL12 0AE
Received 10 Apr 2018LAND SOUTH OF EXISTING SUBSTATON PLAS BENNION ROAD PENYCAE WREXHAM LL14 6RN
Received 14 Mar 2018HSDU BUILDING CROESNEWYDD ROAD WREXHAM LL13 7YP
Received 14 Mar 2018GAYSFIELD HOSELEY LANE MARFORD WREXHAM LL12 8YE
Received 14 Mar 2018COLLIERS PARK WREXHAM AFC TRAINING GROUND CHESTER ROAD GRESFORD WREXHAM LL12 8PW
Received 9 Mar 2018BRIDGE END COTTAGE PONTCYSYLLTE LLANGOLLEN LL20 7YR
Received 22 Feb 201811 TO 13 RHOSDDU ROAD WREXHAM LL11 1AT
Received 28 Mar 20187 TO 9 RHOSDDU ROAD WREXHAM LL11 1AT
Received 27 Mar 2018LAND AT PENLEY HALL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PENLEY WREXHAM LL13 0LQ
Received 27 Mar 201817 SALISBURY ROAD WREXHAM LL13 7AS
Received 26 Mar 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Wrexham County Borough 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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