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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
24,574 approved · 2,014 refused · 1,552 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Ashburn Way Wrexham LL13 0NP
Received 20 Mar 2003Land Adjacent To Crab Row Penylan Ruabon Wrexham
Received 20 Mar 2003Central Store Wheatsheaf Lane Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114DS
Received 20 Mar 200330 Smithy Lane Wrexham LL128AR
Received 20 Mar 2003The Windings Cae-pen-ty Road Ffrwd Wrexham LL129TH
Received 20 Mar 2003Ashlea High Street Brymbo Wrexham LL115BN
Received 20 Mar 2003Land at Castle Road Chirk Wrexham
Received 20 Mar 2003Land Adjoining Glenville TV & Video High Street Gresford Wrexham LL128PT
Received 19 Mar 2003Glenville High Street Gresford Wrexham LL128PT
Received 19 Mar 2003Brackenwood 67 Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham LL128LH
Received 19 Mar 2003Barclays Bank Plc 40-41 High Street Wrexham LL138LF
Received 19 Mar 2003Barclays Bank Plc 40-41 High Street Wrexham LL138LF
Received 19 Mar 2003Mayville Farm Lane Tanyfron Wrexham LL115SF
Received 18 Mar 20034, Pont Adam Cottages Pont Adam Ruabon Wrexham LL146DY
Received 18 Mar 2003Wrexham A.T.E Grosvenor Road Wrexham LL111BU
Received 18 Mar 20039 Ridgeway Avenue Marford Wrexham LL128ST
Received 18 Mar 200343 Foxwood Drive, Bersham Road Wrexham LL144JA
Received 18 Mar 200373 Ffordd Cynan Wrexham LL12 7ST
Received 18 Mar 2003Gospel Hall 11 Church Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142BN
Received 14 Mar 2003The Dairy Darland Lane Rossett Wrexham LL120BA
Received 27 Feb 2003Haulfryn Old Road Dolywern Nr. Chirk Wrexham
Received 13 Mar 2003Bro Awel Ffordd Uchaf Gwynfryn Wrexham LL115UN
Received 12 Feb 200319 Prospect Drive Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113PE
Received 12 Feb 2003Old Farm Isycoed Wrexham LL139RT
Received 12 Feb 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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