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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wrexham County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
16,793 approved · 1,306 refused · 1,080 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT BRYN Y GROES CHESTER ROAD GRESFORD WREXHAM LL12 8UA
Received 23 Nov 2016HILBRE MARFORD HILL MARFORD WREXHAM LL12 8TA
Received 5 Oct 201638 PENYBRYN WREXHAM LL13 7HY
Received 5 Oct 2016137 CHESTER ROAD WREXHAM LL11 2SW
Received 20 Jan 20171 LONGUEVILLE ERDDIG WREXHAM LL13 7DS
Received 20 Jan 2017101 BANGOR ROAD JOHNSTOWN WREXHAM LL14 2SS
Received 19 Jan 2017UNIT 1 CHESNEY COURT RHYD BROUGHTON LANE WREXHAM LL13 7YP
Received 19 Jan 2017BUTCHERS ARMS CHESTER ROAD ROSSETT WREXHAM LL12 0HW
Received 19 Jan 2017LAND EAST OF MAESTEG GWYNFRYN WREXHAM LL11 5YU
Received 17 Jan 2017SION COTTAGE PISTYLL HILL MARFORD WREXHAM LL12 8LE
Received 13 Jan 2017188 CHESTER ROAD WREXHAM LL12 8DS
Received 17 Jan 2017CANAL COTTAGE CADNEY LANE BETTISFIELD WREXHAM SY13 2LW
Received 16 Jan 201717 YEW TREE COURT GRESFORD WREXHAM LL12 8ET
Received 17 Jan 2017TOMLINSONS DAIRIES FIVE CROSSES INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MINERA WREXHAM LL11 3RD
Received 16 Jan 201714 CAMBERLEY DRIVE WREXHAM LL12 7LW
Received 17 Jan 201775 GARDDEN ROAD RHOS WREXHAM LL14 2EP
Received 29 Jul 201654 GARDDEN ROAD RHOS WREXHAM LL14 2EP
Received 29 Jul 201646 GARDDEN ROAD RHOS WREXHAM LL14 4EW
Received 29 Jul 201640 GARDDEN ROAD RHOS WREXHAM LL14 4EW
Received 29 Jul 2016FIVE OAKS TALWRN ROAD LEGACY RHOSTYLLEN WREXHAM LL14 4ER
Received 29 Jul 2016BRYN ARDDYN PEN Y BRONGYLL FARM ROAD NANTYR WREXHAM LL20 7DH
Received 29 Jul 2016PEN Y GARDDEN HALL OFF TATHAM ROAD PEN Y GARDDEN RUABON WREXHAM LL14 6RE
Received 24 Mar 2017LAND ADJOINING NO 1 LOWER MOUNTAIN ROAD RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG WREXHAM LL14 2EH
Received 24 Mar 201731 OLD FARM ROAD RHOSTYLLEN WREXHAM LL14 4DX
Received 24 Mar 2017Records 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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