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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
24,408 approved · 2,003 refused · 1,548 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 &10 High Street Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113SB
Received 24 Mar 2003Unit 8 F. Lloyd (Penley) Ltd Bryn Lane Wrexham LL13
Received 24 Mar 200316 Hope Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL141AU
Received 31 Mar 200327 Meadows View Marford Wrexham LL128LS
Received 31 Mar 2003Spring Road Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144DY
Received 31 Mar 2003Old Saron Chapel Penrhos Brymbo Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2003Wellington House Halghton Hanmer Whitchurch Shropshire SY133DU
Received 27 Feb 2003Peckforton 4 The Ridings Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RT
Received 27 Feb 2003Gerlyn Chapel Street Ponciau Wrexham LL141SE
Received 26 Feb 2003Haughmond Wrexham Road Marchwiel Wrexham LL130PF
Received 25 Feb 2003Plot 4 Gates Farm Bangor On Dee Wrexham
Received 25 Feb 2003Llay Main Colliery Tip Llay Wrexham
Received 28 Mar 2003Land off Old Smelt Road Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 28 Mar 2003Former Matthews Premises Pentre Felin Wrexham LL137NE
Received 28 Mar 200393 Smithy Lane Wrexham LL128JN
Received 21 Mar 2003Rose Cottage 50 Chapel Street Penycae Wrexham LL142RF
Received 21 Mar 200337 Berse Road Wrexham LL112BH
Received 21 Mar 200310 High Street Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114LA
Received 19 Mar 2003The Grange Farm Bronington Wrexham
Received 21 Mar 2003Whitegates Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham LL128LA
Received 21 Mar 2003Fenns Old Hall Fenns Bank Whitchurch Shropshire SY133PE
Received 21 Mar 2003Corner Bungalow Lightwood Green Overton Wrexham LL130HT
Received 21 Mar 2003Unit 3 Cambrian Industrial Estate Rivulet Road Wrexham
Received 21 Mar 2003The Hollies Farm Bangor Road Marchwiel Wrexham LL130TF
Received 10 Jan 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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