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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
25,019 approved · 2,038 refused · 1,571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jan 1997 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broncoed 8 Hill Close Penycae Wrexham LL142SG
Received 23 Jul 2002(At Entrance To Country Park) Land opposite Hillcroft, Mountain Road Minera Wrexham
Received 25 Jul 2002Buckfield Ruabon Wrexham LL146LT
Received 25 Jul 2002Hafod Y Haidd Glyn Ceiriog Llangollen Wrexham LL207HW
Received 1 Jul 2002Land To The Rear Of 3 Grove Road Wrexham LL111DY
Received 1 Jul 200299 Cae Gabriel Penycae Wrexham LL142PL
Received 1 Jul 2002Land Adjoining Bromfield, 21 Hillock Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128YL
Received 10 Jun 2002Land To The Rear Of The Laurels Whitchurch Road Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130AY
Received 10 Jun 2002Rear Car Park Four Dogs Box Lane Wrexham LL128EF
Received 7 Jun 20022 Park Street Ruabon Wrexham LL14 6LE
Received 19 Apr 2002Pyramid Developments (Wrexham) Ltd Bryn Farm Penylan, Ruabon Wrexham LL146HN
Received 19 Apr 2002Land At Ley Farm Chirk Wrexham
Received 26 Nov 2001Illbruck Premises Croesfoel Industrial Park Rhostyllen Wrexham LL14 4BJ
Received 12 Nov 2001Dove Cottage Old Meadow Court Gresford Road Llay Wrexham LL12 0NE
Received 12 Nov 200132 Sandway Road Wrexham LL112RD
Received 7 Mar 2002St Mary's Aided School Park Street Ruabon Wrexham LL14 6LE
Received 22 Jul 2002The Llay Miners Institute The Ring Llay Wrexham LL12 0TH
Received 22 Jul 2002Land at 75 Hullah Lane Wrexham LL139AS
Received 22 Jul 2002Clwtt Farm Gyfelia Wrexham LL130YL
Received 6 Jun 2002Marchwiel Old Hall Woodhouse Lane Marchwiel Wrexham LL130ST
Received 6 Jun 2002Marchwiel Old Hall Woodhouse Lane Marchwiel Wrexham LL130ST
Received 6 Jun 2002Barn Farm Bowling Bank Wrexham
Received 6 Jun 2002Bryn y Coed Chirk Wrexham
Received 6 Jun 2002The Mount Shop Trevor Road Chirk Wrexham LL145HD
Received 5 Jun 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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