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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
23,116 approved · 1,917 refused · 1,473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 1998 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cartref Hoseley Lane Marford
Received 20 May 1999Land West Of And Adjacent To Speed Six Plas Acton Road Pandy
Received 20 May 1999101 High Street Gwersyllt
Received 20 May 1999Plas Acton Commercial Centre Plas Acton Road Pandy
Received 20 May 19991-2 High Street Wrexham
Received 12 Apr 199953 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 12 Apr 199953 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 12 Apr 1999Adrafelin Cottage Hollybush Lane Penley
Received 12 Aug 1999Yellow Oak Farm Pen Y Lan Ruabon Wrexham LL146HT
Received 8 Jun 2004Gwersyllt Health Clinic First Avenue Gwersyllt
Received 26 May 1999Ruabon Launderette Services Henry Street Ruabon
Received 19 May 1999Penygelli Infants School Heol Maelor Coedpoeth
Received 19 May 1999Carreg-y-franc Farm Bangor Road Overton
Received 18 May 1999SITE B
Received 18 May 1999Ivy Cottage Burton Hall Road Burton Rossett
Received 18 May 1999Ivy Cottage Burton Hall Road Burton Rossett
Received 18 May 1999Yates' Wine Lodge 29 High Street Wrexham
Received 18 May 1999Land At Sandown Road Bangor-on-dee
Received 17 May 1999Land Adjoining Penley Madras School Penley
Received 17 May 1999Land At Homestead Lane Wrexham
Received 17 May 1999Land At North East Of Stryt-y-bydden New Broughton
Received 18 May 1999Land At Johnstown Infants' School Melyd Avenue Johnstown
Received 17 May 1999Land At Bro Gwilym Cefn Mawr
Received 20 May 199918 Cedar Close Bradley
Received 18 May 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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