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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Wrexham County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Wrexham website
22,106 approved · 1,828 refused · 1,428 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2000 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
125 Albert Grove Ruabon Wrexham LL14 6AG
Received 26 Jan 2005Hafan Clawdd Offa Johnstown Wrexham LL141NP
Received 26 Jan 2005N E Wales Institute Plas Coch College Mold Road Wrexham LL112AW
Received 7 Mar 2005Sunnyside 11 Hill Street Cefn Mawr Wrexham LL143AY
Received 7 Mar 200523 Foxwood Drive, Bersham Road Wrexham LL144JA
Received 7 Mar 200511 Mason Avenue Wrexham LL137HB
Received 4 Mar 2005Maes Lewis Farm Knolton Overton Wrexham LL130LE
Received 4 Mar 2005Co-operative Retail Services Ltd Market Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL141AF
Received 4 Mar 200543 (former Sugar Babes Shop) Chester Street Wrexham LL138BB
Received 4 Mar 2005The Croft Wallington Lane Worthenbury Wrexham LL130AL
Received 3 Mar 2005Wallington Farm (next to Oak Cottages) Wallington Lane Worthenbury Wrexham LL130AL
Received 3 Mar 200597 Benjamin Road Wrexham LL138EG
Received 3 Mar 2005Crown Buildings Wrexham County Borough Council Chester Street Wrexham LL111WP
Received 3 Mar 2005Fieldside Esless Lane Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144DG
Received 3 Mar 2005Malvern Halghton Lane Penley Wrexham LL130LS
Received 2 Mar 2005AM/PM Convenience Stores 29-31 Darby Road Brynteg Wrexham LL116LW
Received 2 Mar 2005Bangor-on-dee Races Ltd The Racecourse Overton Road Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130DA
Received 2 Mar 200543 Bodwyn Crescent Gresford Wrexham LL128NQ
Received 1 Feb 2005Outside Gwenfro School Queensway Wrexham LL138UL
Received 1 Feb 2005Side Entrance Hafod Y Wern Infants School Prince Charles Road Wrexham LL138TH
Received 1 Feb 2005Woodlands Grove Adj 61 - 67 Fenwick Drive Wrexham LL139DD
Received 14 Jan 20059 Brecon Close Wrexham LL127TL
Received 14 Jan 200511 Ansell Road Wrexham LL139NQ
Received 22 Feb 200538 Lower Minster Wrexham LL127PT
Received 22 Feb 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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