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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
24,349 approved · 1,999 refused · 1,543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glen Offa Pen Y Gardden Ruabon Wrexham LL146RE
Received 7 May 20032 Fern Close Bedwell Court Cross Lanes Wrexham
Received 7 May 200316 Coronation Drive Chirk Wrexham LL145LF
Received 15 Apr 2003Land opposite Cefn Mawr War Memorial Plas Kynaston Lane Cefn Mawr Wrexham
Received 15 Apr 2003Land Adjoining 1 Church Terrace Marchwiel Wrexham
Received 15 Apr 20034, Green Pastures Pont Y Capel Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128RT
Received 4 Mar 2003Gardden Lodge Landfill Site Tatham Road Ruabon Wrexham
Received 4 Mar 2003Higher Lanes Bank Farm Isycoyd Wrexham
Received 4 Mar 2003Thomas Cook Ltd 20-21 Hope Street Wrexham LL111BG
Received 6 Dec 20022 West End Court Francis Lane Holt Wrexham LL139YJ
Received 6 Dec 2002Cwm Afon Mill Lane Penycae Wrexham LL142RA
Received 6 Dec 2002Car Park Of Domestic Discounts Rhosddu Industrial Estate Rhosrobin Wrexham LL114YL
Received 7 May 2003Ebdon Plot 1 Cadney Lane Bettisfield Wrexham
Received 6 May 2003Plot 3 Cadney Lane Bettisfield Wrexham
Received 6 May 2003Pentre Isaf Farm Ruabon Wrexham LL146LU
Received 6 May 2003Greenacres Bottom Road Summerhill Wrexham LL114TR
Received 6 May 2003Burbank 11 Erlas Park Road Wrexham LL139QT
Received 6 May 2003Plot 8A Grange Court Cross Lanes Wrexham LL130SX
Received 6 May 2003Unit 4 Ridleywood Industrial Complex Wrexham
Received 6 May 2003W H Chaloner & Son Ltd Miners Road, Llay Industrial Estate Llay Wrexham LL120PJ
Received 6 May 2003ACF Drill Hall Osborne Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142HT
Received 6 May 200320 Bryn Estyn Road Wrexham LL139NB
Received 6 May 2003137 Norfolk Road Wrexham LL127SD
Received 6 May 2003FORMER METAL BOX FACTORY MOLD ROAD GWERSYLLT WREXHAM LL11 4SB
Received 2 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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