Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
24,509 approved · 2,011 refused · 1,549 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
38 Rhodfa Ganol Johnstown Wrexham LL141PW
Received 31 Mar 200318 Kenyon Avenue Wrexham LL112SP
Received 31 Mar 2003Brook House Bettisfield Wrexham
Received 10 Dec 2002Manor Lane Rossett Wrexham
Received 2 Dec 2002Greenfield Cottage Rosemary Lane Rossett Wrexham LL120LA
Received 2 Dec 20022 Moss Valley Road New Broughton Wrexham LL116JA
Received 25 Feb 2003Land at Acton Gardens Acton Wrexham
Received 25 Feb 2003Whitegate Industrial Estate Wrexham LL138UG
Received 25 Feb 20032 Heol Dinas Wrexham LL127RF
Received 25 Feb 20034 Wern View Bersham Wrexham LL144LS
Received 25 Feb 2003Waenreef Farm Smokey Lane Iscoyd Whitchurch Shropshire SY133BQ
Received 24 Feb 2003Spring Hill Farm Selattyn Oswestry Shropshire SY107NZ
Received 24 Feb 2003Pear Tree Cottage 2 Broad Lane, Trevalyn Rossett Wrexham LL120ES
Received 10 Jan 2003Public Footpath No. 58 Along The Old Glyn Valley Tramway Pandy, Llangollen Wrexham
Received 10 Jan 2003Cam Yr Alyn Lodge Burton Road Rossett Wrexham LL120HU
Received 15 Nov 200216 Colemere Street Wrexham LL137PD
Received 15 Nov 2002Positioned Alongside Public Footpath In Hendre Quarry
Received 15 Nov 2002WH Smith Plc 56-58 Hope Street Wrexham LL111R9
Received 3 Mar 2003WH Smith Plc 56-58 Hope Street Wrexham LL111R9
Received 3 Mar 2003Turn of Dee Overton Road Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130DA
Received 28 Feb 2003Rock House Rock Place Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 28 Feb 2003Former Garth Brickworks Trevor Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2003Oak Tree Cottage Ridley Wood Wrexham LL139US
Received 27 Feb 2003Plas Y Waun Chirk Wrexham
Received 2 Sept 2002Records 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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