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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
24,292 approved · 1,997 refused · 1,541 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Sept 1997 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Tan Y Bryn Chapel Street Acrefair Wrexham LL143TB
Received 17 Mar 200320 Stonewalls Rossett Wrexham LL120LG
Received 17 Mar 2003The Villa Mill Road Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY133HJ
Received 10 Apr 20039 Clos Llewelyn Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113PD
Received 10 Apr 20036 Farmhouse Mews Wrexham LL139SX
Received 10 Apr 200332 Kenyon Avenue Wrexham LL112ST
Received 11 Feb 2003Parish Hall Holyhead Road Chirk Wrexham LL145NA
Received 10 Feb 20032 Linden Grove Llay Wrexham LL120LX
Received 7 Apr 2003Plas Onn Pontfadog Llangollen Wrexham LL207BD
Received 18 Mar 200371 Greengate Farm Estate Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 17 Mar 2003Fron Esgyn Yr Ochr Froncysyllte Wrexham
Received 17 Mar 2003Chirk Court Residential Home Maes y Waun Chirk Wrexham LL145ND
Received 10 Apr 2003Ashmere Quarry Road Brynteg Wrexham LL116AB
Received 9 Apr 2003Stonewalls Cross Lanes Wrexham LL130TB
Received 9 Apr 2003Land At 14 Tudor Street Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 13 May 2003Outside Nos. 33-44 Mwyn Ffordd Minera Wrexham
Received 13 May 20035 Bronington Park Bronington Wrexham SY133EP
Received 13 May 2003Gatehouse Isycoed Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RL
Received 13 May 2003Kwik Save Store Off Greenfield Way Gwersyllt Wrexham
Received 13 May 2003RETAIL UNIT UNIT 12 DODDS LANE GWERSYLLT WREXHAM LL11 4NT
Received 13 May 2003RETAIL UNIT UNIT 12 DODDS LANE GWERSYLLT WREXHAM LL11 4NT
Received 13 May 2003The Elms Vicarage Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128UT
Received 12 May 2003Former BICC Factory Site Wxm 2 Oak Road Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 12 May 2003Minffordd Park Road Ponciau Wrexham LL141HE
Received 12 May 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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