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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
24,509 approved · 2,011 refused · 1,549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bettisfield Village Hall Bettisfield Wrexham
Received 2 Sept 2002Land Adjoining Tartshill Farm Hanmer Wrexham SY13 3DR
Received 2 Sept 2002Cedar House Church Green Gresford Wrexham LL128RG
Received 2 Dec 2002Berwyn House Church Street Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114HD
Received 2 Dec 2002Various Hedgerows Chirk Area Chirk Wrexham
Received 2 Dec 2002Former School House Ysgol Tanyfron Tanyfron Road Tanyfron Wrexham LL115SA
Received 29 Nov 2002Mulberry House Penyllan Street Overton Wrexham LL130EE
Received 28 Nov 2002The Old Rectory Whitewell Whitchurch Shropshire SY133AL
Received 28 Nov 2002Land to the West of Sunningdale Wrexham Road Holt Wrexham
Received 28 Nov 2002Old Swan Inn Hall Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142LF
Received 15 Nov 2002Llay Road Rhosrobin Wrexham
Received 15 Nov 2002Long Lane Farm Long Lane Bronington Whitchurch Shropshire SY133EY
Received 15 Nov 2002Land Adjoining 1 Maelor View & 24 Ael Y Bryn Penycae Wrexham
Received 15 Nov 2002Bryn Y Grog Hall Farm Marchwiel Wrexham LL13 0SR
Received 15 Nov 20022 Hamilton Close Wrexham LL139QD
Received 10 Dec 20022 Blackbrook Drive New Hall Park Ruabon Wrexham
Received 10 Dec 2002100 Crogen Chirk Wrexham LL145BJ
Received 10 Dec 2002Tesco Stores Ltd Crescent Road Wrexham LL138HF
Received 9 Dec 2002The Beeches Farm Redbrook Maelor Whitchurch Shropshire SY133ET
Received 9 Dec 2002Croeshowell Lane Rossett Wrexham LL120LB
Received 9 Dec 2002Bryn Melyd High Street Cefn Mawr Wrexham LL143BU
Received 6 Dec 200210 Chetwyn Court Gresford Wrexham LL128EG
Received 6 Dec 200217 Mile Barn Road Wrexham LL139LX
Received 6 Dec 2002Waterways Garden Centre Holt Road Wrexham LL138NE
Received 20 Mar 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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