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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
22,250 approved · 1,834 refused · 1,431 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Soar Chapel Aberderfyn Road Ponciau Wrexham LL141SL
Received 23 Jul 2004Land Adjacent To Quarry Rigg Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128SG
Received 12 Aug 2004National Trust Erddig Hall Erddig Wrexham LL130YT
Received 12 Aug 2004Seventh Heaven Antique Bedstead Centre Chirk Mill Chirk LL145BU
Received 12 Aug 200416 Hermitage Drive Wrexham LL137EY
Received 10 Sept 2004Grange Farm Grange Road Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY133HL
Received 8 Sept 200490-92 Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128NT
Received 8 Sept 2004All Saints Church Church Green Gresford Wrexham LL128RG
Received 8 Sept 2004Kiln Inn Cross Lanes Wrexham LL130TG
Received 8 Sept 2004Former Site Of Steelworks Brymbo Brymbo Wrexham LL11 5DB
Received 25 Aug 200441 Almond Grove Wrexham LL139DR
Received 3 Sept 2004Strathyre Darland Lane Rossett Wrexham LL120EL
Received 3 Sept 2004The Moors Inn Four Crosses Bwlchgwyn Wrexham LL115YL
Received 3 Sept 2004Merlin House Bangor Road Johnstown Wrexham LL142SW
Received 29 Oct 2004Gwenfa Heol Llewelyn Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113PB
Received 27 Oct 2004Chester Road Adjacent to Glyndwr Road Wrexham LL128DW
Received 20 Sept 200422 Ael y Bryn Garden Village Wrexham LL112TD
Received 20 Sept 2004Longfield Barn Buck Road, Commonwood Holt Wrexham LL139TF
Received 20 Sept 2004Land Adjacent To Bryn Y Brain Cottage Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142DL
Received 15 Oct 2004Land Adjacent To The Poplars Green Road Brymbo Wrexham LL115DT
Received 15 Oct 2004Bryn Derfyl Church View Tanyfron Wrexham LL115ST
Received 15 Oct 2004Former Cefn Bychan Baptist Chapel Newbridge Road Newbridge Wrexham LL143JA
Received 15 Oct 2004The Coach House Bradbury House Salisbury Road Wrexham LL137AS
Received 25 Aug 2004Byways 14 Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham LL128LF
Received 25 Aug 2004Records 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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