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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
25,066 approved · 2,040 refused · 1,572 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 1996 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Graig Wen Farm Brymbo Road Bwlchgwyn Wrexham LL115UB
Received 11 Apr 20024 Sweeny Mount Plas Bennion Road Penycae Wrexham LL141TS
Received 11 Apr 2002Higher Hall Bowling Bank Wrexham LL13 9RT
Received 10 Apr 2002The Barn Ysgubor Uchaf Penybryn Penycae Wrexham
Received 10 Apr 2002Belle Vue Bowling Green Belle Vue Park Wrexham
Received 25 Mar 20026 Lincoln Close Wrexham LL13 9QJ
Received 10 Jun 200255 Box Lane Wrexham LL128BY
Received 7 Jun 20026 Belmont Road Wrexham LL137PP
Received 7 Jun 2002Sainsburys Plas Coch Wrexham
Received 7 Jun 2002Rustic Lodge Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RT
Received 7 Jun 20023 Carlton Villas Sontley Road Wrexham LL137EH
Received 6 Jun 20026 The Gardens Holt Wrexham LL139JW
Received 6 Jun 2002The Mount Shop Trevor Road Chirk Wrexham
Received 5 Jun 2002Service Station Holyhead Road Chirk Wrexham LL145NA
Received 5 Jun 2002Land Adjacent To 314 Chester Road Wrexham LL128DU
Received 5 Jun 2002Cats Protection League Branch Shelter Barnfield Madeira Hill Wrexham LL137HD
Received 5 Jun 20026 Town Hill Wrexham LL138NA
Received 5 Jun 2002Penisar Glyn Bronygarth Oswestry Shropshire SY107NE
Received 5 Jun 2002Blaenau Dwr Froncysyllte Llangollen Wrexham
Received 5 Jun 2002Land off Castle Road / Station Road Chirk Wrexham
Received 30 May 2002Chirk Court Residential Home Maes y Waun Chirk Wrexham LL145ND
Received 30 May 20021 Acton Gardens Wrexham LL12 8DD
Received 29 May 200234 Worsley Avenue Johnstown Wrexham LL142TD
Received 29 May 2002Land adjacent to Speed Six Citroen Plas Acton Road Pandy Wrexham
Received 29 May 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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