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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
23,300 approved · 1,939 refused · 1,487 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Thornleigh Drive Gresford Wrexham LL128YQ
Received 18 Mar 2004Land adjacent to Springfield Holt Road Wrexham LL138RL
Received 17 Nov 20035 Y Fron Johnstown Wrexham LL141UP
Received 17 Nov 20039 Sontley Road Wrexham LL137EN
Received 14 Nov 20033 Eleventh Avenue Llay Wrexham LL120SN
Received 20 Feb 20041 Smithfield Road Wrexham LL138EN
Received 20 Feb 2004Penybont Cottage Pentre Minera Wrexham LL113DW
Received 20 Feb 200450 Noddfa Osborne Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142HT
Received 16 Dec 2003Acrefair County Primary School Llangollen Road Acrefair Wrexham LL143SH
Received 16 Dec 2003Osbourne House 24 Claypit Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128PB
Received 16 Dec 2003Land To The Rear Of 5, Red Lion Cottages Abenbury Road Wrexham LL130NT
Received 1 Apr 2004The Haven Bersham Road New Broughton Wrexham LL116TF
Received 15 Apr 200418 Newport Close Kings Mills Wrexham LL13 0JZ
Received 15 Apr 2004Academy Cottage Castle Street Holt Wrexham LL139YL
Received 15 Apr 2004Unit 36 Penley Industrial Estate Penley Wrexham LL130LQ
Received 15 Apr 20042 Bright Street Wrexham LL137TN
Received 15 Apr 2004No 9 Rear Of Nov-15 Town Hill Wrexham LL138NA
Received 15 Apr 200421 Friars Close Wrexham LL127RA
Received 15 Apr 2004Plot 15 Site of Former Ruabon High School Penycae Road Ruabon Wrexham LL146EB
Received 23 Mar 2004Plot 2 Lower Wallington Mews Lower Wallington Worthenbury Wrexham LL130AN
Received 23 Mar 20044 Grove Terrace Marchwiel Wrexham LL130PG
Received 23 Mar 200416 Coningsby Court Wrexham LL139QW
Received 22 Mar 20046 Ffordd Estyn Wrexham LL112SS
Received 22 Mar 20041 Church Road Southsea Wrexham LL115PG
Received 22 Mar 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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