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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24,349 approved · 1,999 refused · 1,543 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
79 High Street Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113UG
Received 2 May 2003Unit 1 Bus Station Development Lord Street Wrexham
Received 2 May 2003Land Adjacent To Cambrian House Well Street Cefn Mawr Wrexham
Received 2 May 2003Bro Awelon Coed Richard Acrefair Wrexham LL143HS
Received 29 Apr 2003The Village Bakery Five Crosses Industrial Estate Minera Wrexham LL113RD
Received 29 Apr 2003Land To The Rear Of 68 First Avenue Llay Wrexham LL120TN
Received 29 Apr 2003White Mountain Cottage 5 Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn Wrexham LL115UT
Received 28 Apr 2003Mar Y Don Copperas Hill Penycae Wrexham LL142SA
Received 28 Apr 2003NTL Transmitting Station Cefn Mawr Penygraig Froncysyllte Wrexham
Received 28 Apr 20033 Crown Place Llay Wrexham LL120NG
Received 28 Apr 2003Lloyds TSB Bank Priory Street Wrexham LL111SP
Received 28 Apr 200318 Ffordd Glyn Wrexham LL137QN
Received 28 Apr 2003Lodgevale Park Barretts Lane Bradley Wrexham
Received 28 Apr 20039 Main Road Rhosrobin Wrexham
Received 24 Apr 200335 Watts Dyke Llay Wrexham LL12 0RA
Received 23 Apr 2003Peppercorn Barn Cross Lanes Wrexham
Received 23 Apr 2003Plot 2 Gardden View Ruabon Wrexham
Received 23 Apr 2003Plumb Center Rivulet Road Wrexham LL138DT
Received 23 Apr 2003Land at Bottom Road Summerhill Wrexham
Received 23 Apr 200334 Tan y Coed Wrexham LL138YH
Received 23 Apr 2003Springfield Sheltered Units Garden Road Wrexham LL112PA
Received 23 Apr 2003Smithy House Southsea Road Southsea Wrexham LL116PP
Received 30 Apr 2003Land at Pandy Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 30 Apr 20033 High Street Ruabon Wrexham LL146NH
Received 29 Apr 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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