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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
23,244 approved · 1,934 refused · 1,480 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 1998 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pickhill Bridge Farm Pickhill Marchwiel Wrexham LL130UH
Received 15 Apr 2004Land Adjacent To High Trees Llangollen Road Trevor Wrexham LL207TF
Received 2 Apr 2004Ipsen Biopharm Ltd Ash Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL139UF
Received 21 May 200465 Haytor Road Wrexham LL112PU
Received 21 May 2004The Great Hall and Tower Wynnstay Hall Ruabon Wrexham
Received 20 May 200462 Stancliffe Avenue Marford Wrexham LL128LN
Received 20 May 2004Goodison Little Green Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY132JW
Received 20 May 20042 Poplar Close Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113LZ
Received 20 May 200436 Church View Chirk Wrexham LL145PE
Received 19 May 2004WILBREN CHAPEL STREET HOLT WREXHAM LL13 9DJ
Received 19 May 2004Bowling Bank Farm Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RR
Received 19 May 2004Land Adjacent To 18 Bridge Street Penycae Wrexham LL142RH
Received 19 May 2004Chamber Cottage Castle Street Holt Wrexham LL139YW
Received 19 May 20042 Gwernygaseg Road Minera Wrexham LL113RE
Received 19 May 2004Matsons Croft Hollybush Lane Penley Wrexham LL130NF
Received 3 Jun 2004Lindop Bros (Wrexham) Llay New Road Bradley Wrexham LL11 4BA
Received 17 May 2004Gwynant Y Gors Gwynfryn Wrexham LL115UW
Received 17 May 2004Tycanol Farm Old Hall Hanmer Whitchurch Shropshire SY133BX
Received 17 May 2004Stonewall Llay Road Rossett Wrexham LL120HS
Received 17 May 200497 Norfolk Road Wrexham LL127SB
Received 14 May 2004Borras Park Infant School Borras Park Road Wrexham LL127TH
Received 14 May 200444 Annefield Park Gresford Wrexham LL128NR
Received 14 May 2004Paddock adjoining Althrey Farm Overton Road Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130DA
Received 14 May 2004Althrey Farm (O.S.Parcel No.4400) Overton Road Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130DA
Received 14 May 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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