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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
22,828 approved · 1,894 refused · 1,459 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Apr 1999 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Tesco Stores Ltd Crescent Road Wrexham LL138HF
Received 2 Dec 1999Unit No 3 Island Green Wrexham
Received 29 Nov 1999Cadbury Ltd Station Avenue Chirk Wrexham
Received 26 Nov 1999Rhosddu Industrial Estate Rhosddu Wrexham
Received 30 Dec 1999Fennant Farm Off Wrexham Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 29 Oct 1999Highfield Wrexham Road Holt Wrexham LL13 9ST
Received 28 Oct 1999Hillside The Forge Chirk Wrexham
Received 28 Oct 19994 Regent Close Gwersyllt Wrexham LL11 4AJ
Received 28 Oct 1999Fennant Farm Off Wrexham Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 28 Oct 1999Unit 6 Henblas Street Wrexham
Received 28 Oct 1999The Barn Ysgubor Uchaf Farm Penybryn, Penycae Wrexham
Received 28 Oct 1999Eyton Grange Eyton Eyton Wrexham
Received 26 Oct 1999Hopley-pierce & Bird 5 King Street Wrexham LL11 1HF
Received 26 Oct 1999Cheverells Hoseley Lane Marford
Received 23 Sept 19992 Kings Close Kingsmills Road
Received 23 Sept 1999Land Adjacent To Verncourt Farm Lane Tanyfron Wrexham
Received 23 Sept 1999The Roft C.P. School Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 9 Aug 1999Llay Smithy
Received 10 Aug 19999 The Ridgeway Marchwiel
Received 10 Aug 1999Land Adjoining Hafod Tileries Ruabon
Received 6 Sept 1999Stone Bridge Eyton
Received 6 Sept 1999Land Off Bottom Road Summerhill
Received 6 Sept 1999Brown's Mini Skips Bersham Enterprise Centre Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 23 Sept 1999Unit 9 Broad Oak Farm Bronington Whitchurch
Received 23 Sept 1999Records 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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