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.
17,216 approved · 1,340 refused · 1,109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Jun 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 ADJOINING AND NORTH WEST OF GROVE HOUSE QUEENS ROAD BRYMBO WREXHAM LL11 5DY
Received 9 Sept 2016THE BLACK HORSE INN 10 - 11A YORKE STREET WREXHAM LL13 8LW
Received 8 Sept 2016HAFOD HOUSE NEW ROAD SUMMERHILL WREXHAM LL11 4TY
Received 8 Sept 201620 CHARLES STREET WREXHAM LL13 8BT
Received 8 Sept 2016MARCHWIEL HALL MARCHWIEL WREXHAM LL13 0SS
Received 7 Sept 2016HYFRYDLE LLWYNEINION ROAD LEGACY WREXHAM LL14 4ET
Received 7 Sept 2016BROADMEADOW COTTAGE BROAD LANE TREVALYN ROSSETT WREXHAM LL12 0ES
Received 6 Sept 2016BRYN DERW HIGH STREET COEDPOETH WREXHAM LL11 3UL
Received 7 Sept 2016COLEG CAMBRIA YALE GROVE PARK ROAD WREXHAM LL12 7AB
Received 6 Sept 2016YSGUBOR TAN LAN TAN Y LLAN ROAD BRONWYLFA WREXHAM LL14 4LD
Received 5 Sept 2016YSGUBOR TAN LAN TAN Y LLAN ROAD BRONWYLFA WREXHAM LL14 4LD
Received 5 Sept 2016UNDERGROUND GAS PIPELINE RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 3500M SOUTH FROM KINGSMOOR PARK SOUTH BRYN LANE WREXHAM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE TO ABOVE GROUND INSTALLATION ADJACENT TO THE MAELOR GAS WORKS OFF THE B5130 CONNECTING TO THE GAS NATIONAL TRANSMISSION SYTEM APP
Received 20 Apr 2016GWASTAD HALL NURSING HOME LLAY ROAD CEFN Y BEDD WREXHAM LL12 9UH
Received 30 Jun 2016SITE OF AMBULANCE DEPOT AND HIGHWAY DEPOT RUTHIN ROAD WREXHAM LL13 7TU
Received 5 Jul 201628 BLUEBELL ESTATE PANDY WREXHAM LL11 2UG
Received 23 Jun 201648 HEOL KENYON JOHNSTOWN WREXHAM LL14 2BE
Received 23 Jun 2016LLYS Y WAUN MAES Y WAUN CHIRK WREXHAM LL14 5ND
Received 23 Jun 2016I AND S CAR SALES RACKERY LANE LLAY WREXHAM LL12 0PB
Received 23 Jun 2016O'CREME 33A LORD STREET WREXHAM LL11 1LS
Received 20 Jul 2016LAND EAST OF MAESTEG GWYNFRYN WREXHAM LL11 5YU
Received 18 Jul 2016BARN 1 HOLT LODGE FARM HUGMORE LANE LLAN Y PWLL WREXHAM LL13 9YE
Received 18 Jul 2016WOODLANDS FARM DODDS LANE GWERSYLLT WREXHAM LL11 4NS
Received 15 Jul 2016THE OLD TRAMWAY ENGINE HOUSE NEW ROAD GLYN CEIRIOG WREXHAM LL20 7HE
Received 5 Sept 2016LAND NORTH WEST OF PICKHILL BRIDGE FARM HOLT ROAD CROSS LANES WREXHAM LL13 0UH
Received 5 Sept 2016Records 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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