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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
24,920 approved · 2,034 refused · 1,565 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rosehaven Nurseries Borras Road Borras Wrexham LL139TL
Received 1 Nov 2002Long Meadows Old Wrexham Road Gresford Wrexham LL128UA
Received 1 Nov 2002The Old Railway Warehouse Bettisfield Wrexham
Received 1 Nov 2002Legacy Cottage Legacy Wrexham LL144HY
Received 31 Oct 2002Glan Llyn Farm Glan Llyn Road Bradley Wrexham
Received 13 Sept 20026 Amanda Grove Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144AP
Received 13 Sept 2002Burtons / Dorothy Perkins 01-02 Hope Street Wrexham LL111BG
Received 13 Sept 2002Yr Hen Gapel Gresford Road Llay Wrexham LL120NN
Received 7 Nov 2002Chirk Amateur Athletic Association Holyhead Road Chirk Wrexham
Received 7 Nov 2002Brymbo Steelworks Brymbo Wrexham LL11 5BT
Received 1 Nov 2002Tyn-Y-Cwm Llanarmon D.C. Llangollen LL20 7LH
Received 3 Dec 2002Land adjoining Swn y Gwynt Abenbury Road Wrexham
Received 3 Dec 20023 Willow Court Off Bryn Estyn Lane Wrexham LL139NE
Received 3 Dec 2002Land adjoining Bethania Chapel Cleveland Street Ruabon Wrexham
Received 15 Nov 2002The Haven School Lane Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 15 Nov 20021 Grosvenor Road Wrexham LL111DB
Received 15 Nov 200225 Maesgwyn Road Wrexham LL112AP
Received 21 Oct 200217 Heol Cadfan Coedpoeth Wrexham LL113HH
Received 21 Oct 2002Kronospan Ltd Chirk Wrexham LL14 5NY
Received 18 Oct 2002Ysgubor Ganol Penycae
Received 17 Oct 2002Benefits Agency 15-17 Grosvenor Road Wrexham LL111BW
Received 16 Oct 200214 Ffordd Y Gilfach Ponciau Wrexham LL141ES
Received 16 Oct 2002Min Yr Afon Erbistock Wrexham LL13 0DS
Received 15 Oct 2002Land to the rear of Belgravia House Well Street Cefn Mawr Wrexham LL14 3AE
Received 15 Oct 2002Records 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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