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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
24,996 approved · 2,035 refused · 1,566 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Talwrn Cottages Pickhill Marchwiel Wrexham LL130UP
Received 20 Jun 2002Cam Yr Alyn Lodge Burton Road Rossett Wrexham LL120HU
Received 12 Aug 20023 Friars Court Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130AT
Received 12 Aug 2002Ivy Cottage Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128EY
Received 12 Aug 2002The Cottage Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128EY
Received 12 Aug 2002Land Adjacent To Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Plas Madoc Acrefair Wrexham
Received 28 Aug 2002Plas Tirion Gardden Ruabon LL14 6RD
Received 28 Aug 200237 Burton Rise, Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128NZ
Received 28 Aug 2002Cliffs Cafe Froncysyllte Wrexham LL20 7RA
Received 28 Aug 2002Site adjacent to Inglenook Off North Road Ponciau Wrexham LL14 2NF
Received 28 Aug 20027 Hamilton Close Plas Goulbourne Wrexham LL139QD
Received 28 Aug 2002Alyn Lodge Pont Y Capel Lane Gresford Wrexham
Received 30 Sept 2002Wrexham DHQ Police Station Bodhyfryd Wrexham LL12 7BW
Received 25 Sept 200221 Ffordd Meirionydd Wrexham LL112LA
Received 25 Sept 2002Five Fords Sewage Treatment Works Cefn Road Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 2002Althrey Farm Bangor On Dee \Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 2002Erddig Road Erddig Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 2002The Tithe Barn Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Llangollen LL20 7LD
Received 25 Sept 200228 Monmouth Road Wrexham LL127TP
Received 25 Sept 2002Foundry House Penycae Road Ruabon Wrexham LL146RL
Received 25 Sept 2002Site Adjacent To Post Office And General Store Penley Wrexham
Received 24 Sept 2002Commonwood Farm Buck Road, Commonwood Holt Wrexham LL139TF
Received 24 Sept 2002Overton Bowling Club St Marys Avenue Overton Wrexham
Received 24 Sept 2002Ruckmini Bungalow Blackwood Road Garth Wrexham LL207YL
Received 24 Sept 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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