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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
24,051 approved · 1,987 refused · 1,530 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 1998 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off Bryn Lane Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 21 Jul 2003Church Cottage Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128EY
Received 17 Jul 200319 Lord Street Wrexham LL111LS
Received 2 Jul 2003Bwlchgwyn Quarry Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn Wrexham LL115UU
Received 2 Jul 200360 Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128NE
Received 2 Jul 2003The Academy Castle Street Holt Wrexham LL139YL
Received 1 Jul 2003Esso Mold Road Gwersyllt Wrexham LL11 4AN
Received 17 Jun 2003Higher Lanes Cottage Iscoyd Wrexham SY133AX
Received 17 Jun 2003123 Box Lane Wrexham LL127RL
Received 17 Jun 2003Land to the Rear of Fairfield Victoria Road Brynteg Wrexham
Received 16 Jun 2003Rowlands Pharmacy High Street Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113SB
Received 16 Jun 20039 Heol y Cyngor Johnstown Wrexham LL142TP
Received 6 Jun 2003Land Adjoining The Bungalow Cross Lane Pentre Broughton Wrexham LL116AR
Received 5 Jun 200320 Cae Glas Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113PQ
Received 5 Jun 200310 Valley Way, Hermitage Park Wrexham LL137GW
Received 27 May 200321 Briarswood Rhosrobin Wrexham LL114PX
Received 23 May 2003Land adj Cae-Li-Cae Willington Malpas Cheshire SY147LW
Received 23 May 200311 Broughton Road Lodge Wrexham LL115NG
Received 10 Jun 2003Land At Kathen Court Gresford Wrexham
Received 10 Jun 2003Former Methodist Church Prince Charles Road Wrexham LL13 8TH
Received 10 Jun 20033 Beacon Road Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114UW
Received 17 Jul 2003MINERS INSTITUTE LLAY ROAD LLAY WREXHAM LL12 0TH
Received 17 Jul 2003Site 1: 1 Wern, Lodgevale Park (Near Mailbox & Telephone Equipment Box) Site 2: 30 West View (Verge By Mailbox & Bus Stop) Chirk
Received 17 Jul 2003LAND ADJOINING INGLENOOK NORTH ROAD PONCIAU WREXHAM LL14 1HF
Received 16 Jul 2003Records 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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