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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
24,737 approved · 2,028 refused · 1,560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillock Cottage 58 Hillock Lane Marford Wrexham LL128YG
Received 28 Jan 20031 Sunnyhill New Broughton Wrexham LL116JB
Received 28 Jan 20031 Hall View Caego Wrexham LL116YP
Received 14 Jan 20035 Hillock Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128YL
Received 14 Jan 2003Gresford View Bottom Road Summerhill Wrexham LL114TW
Received 13 Jan 20036 Regent Street Wrexham LL111SA
Received 13 Jan 20036 Regent Street Wrexham LL111SA
Received 13 Jan 2003Oak Farm Tallarn Green Malpas Cheshire SY147NB
Received 13 Jan 2003Oak Farm Tallarn Green Malpas Cheshire SY147NB
Received 13 Jan 2003Holt Lodge Farm Hugmore Lane Llan-y-pwll Wrexham LL139YE
Received 13 Jan 2003Hafod Quarry Bangor Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 16 Dec 2002Hafod Quarry Bangor Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 16 Dec 2002Borras Park C.P. Junior School and Doctors Surgery Borras Park Road Wrexham
Received 2 Dec 2002Former Matthews Premises Pentre Felin Wrexham
Received 2 Dec 2002Church House The Green Gresford Wrexham
Received 28 Jan 2003Church House The Green Gresford Wrexham
Received 28 Jan 200339 Penrhyn Drive Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114LY
Received 28 Jan 200310 Mile Barn Road Wrexham LL139LX
Received 28 Jan 2003Garden Area Associated 15 Lawson Road Wrexham LL127BA
Received 27 Jan 20031 Barton Close Wrexham LL13 7EX
Received 27 Jan 200315 Halstonwood Close Wrexham LL139XD
Received 27 Jan 2003Borrows Rest 1 Bron Y Gamlas Pontcysyllte Llangollen Wrexham LL207YQ
Received 27 Jan 2003270 Chester Road Wrexham LL128DU
Received 27 Jan 2003Bryn Hafod Overton Road Ruabon Wrexham LL146LH
Received 27 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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