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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
23,428 approved · 1,949 refused · 1,500 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Cobham Cottage Bowling Bank Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RY
Received 23 Jan 200416 Heol y Wal Bradley Wrexham LL114BY
Received 22 Jan 20046 Sundorne Overton Wrexham LL130EB
Received 23 Feb 2004Maelor House King Street Acrefair Wrexham LL143RH
Received 23 Feb 2004Land Off Davy Way, Llay Industrial Estate Llay Wrexham LL120PG
Received 23 Feb 2004Site at Drefechan Penycae Wrexham LL141UE
Received 28 Jan 200435 Penderyn Way Llay Wrexham LL120RW
Received 28 Jan 2004Premier Garage High Street Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113UF
Received 27 Jan 20041 Church View Ruabon Wrexham LL146TD
Received 2 Feb 2004Pen Y Bryn Riding Centre High Street Pentre Broughton Wrexham LL116AW
Received 2 Feb 2004C P Pharmaceuticals Ltd Ash Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL139UF
Received 2 Feb 2004Bryn Haul Castle Road Chirk Wrexham LL145BS
Received 13 Jan 2004Plot 16 & 17 Oak Alyn Court Cefn-y-bedd Wrexham LL129YT
Received 12 Jan 2004Graig Farm Pen Y Lan Estate Ruabon Wrexham LL146HR
Received 9 Jan 2004The Poplars Rossett Road, Commonwood Holt Wrexham LL139SY
Received 1 Dec 200325 Maesgwyn Road Wrexham LL112AP
Received 1 Dec 2003Land adj. to 16 Sunnyridge Avenue Marford Wrexham LL128TE
Received 1 Dec 2003The Acres Abenbury Road Wrexham LL130NT
Received 14 Jan 2004Kingsmill PH Kingsmills Road Wrexham LL130NS
Received 14 Jan 2004Gresford Service Station Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128TL
Received 14 Jan 2004Stansty Lodge Mold Road Stansty Wrexham LL114YF
Received 10 Feb 2004Former Government Buildings Kingsmills Road Wrexham LL138RD
Received 10 Feb 2004Derwen Deg Coed y Glyn Terrace Glyn Ceiriog Llangollen Wrexham LL207NR
Received 10 Feb 2004Alderley Brymbo Road Bwlchgwyn Wrexham LL115UB
Received 21 Jan 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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