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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
22,448 approved · 1,860 refused · 1,443 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Birches Chapel Lane Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY133HP
Received 31 Jan 2000Land adjacent to Speed Six Nissan Plas Acton Road Pandy Wrexham LL112UB
Received 31 Jan 2000Part Of Former Bersham Colliery Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 28 Jan 20001 New Cottages Sontley Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 2000Near The Groves High School Bodhyfryd Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 2000Outside O'Neills Public House High Street Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 2000Opposite car park St. George's Crescent Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 2000Pet Containers (UK) Ltd Gresford Industrial Park Gresford Wrexham
Received 6 Apr 2000Land at Llay Hall Industrial Estate Cefn-Y-Bedd Wrexham
Received 5 Apr 2000Arden Wrexham Road Holt Wrexham LL139YU
Received 16 Jul 2004Site No. GA05 Gardden Industrial Estate Ruabon Wrexham LL146RG
Received 16 Jul 200411 Harwoods Close Rossett Wrexham LL120HA
Received 16 Jul 2004HMV UK Ltd Unit 10 Island Green Retail Park Wrexham LL137LW
Received 15 Jul 2004Land adjacent to Metal Box Factory Mold Road Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114AQ
Received 14 Jul 20041 Railway Cottage Railway Road Cefn Mawr Wrexham LL143AA
Received 14 Jul 2004Former Government Buildings Hightown Barracks Kingsmills Road Wrexham LL138RD
Received 14 Jul 200424 Golygfa'r Eglwys The Parklands Ruabon LL146TD
Received 14 Jul 2004Y Wern Dolywern Pontfadog Llangollen Wrexham LL207AG
Received 14 Jul 200442 Broughton Road Lodge Wrexham LL115NG
Received 12 Jul 2004Land Adjacent To Verncourt Farm Lane Tanyfron Wrexham LL115SF
Received 12 Jul 20043, The Old Vicarage Vicarage Fields Ruabon Wrexham LL146LG
Received 12 Jul 2004Brynygrog Farm Marchwiel Wrexham LL130SR
Received 12 Jul 2004Bryn Alyn Farm Bryn Alyn Gresford Wrexham LL128RY
Received 12 Jul 2004Bryn Alyn Farm Bryn Alyn Gresford Wrexham LL128RY
Received 12 Jul 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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