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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25,066 approved · 2,040 refused · 1,572 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Railway Inn Cefn Mawr Wrexham
Received 16 Apr 20023 Millars Court Johnstown Wrexham LL142AX
Received 15 Apr 20021 Hayfield Drive Gresford Wrexham LL12 8YJ
Received 15 Apr 2002Jonell Ellesmere Road Queensbridge Overton Wrexham LL13 0LE
Received 15 Apr 2002Kronospan Ltd Chirk Wrexham LL14 5NY
Received 12 Apr 2002Unit 2 Border Retail Park Holt Road Wrexham
Received 15 Apr 20024 Brook Street Wrexham LL137LL
Received 10 Apr 200213 Stablegates, High Street Johnstown Wrexham LL142SX
Received 8 Apr 2002Land Adjacent To Peniel House Vron Wrexham
Received 8 Apr 200215 Ffordd Lerry Wrexham LL128JB
Received 8 Apr 2002Top Lodge Summerhill Road Stansty Wrexham LL114YE
Received 23 Apr 2002Land Adjoining 18 Deiniol Avenue Marchwiel Wrexham LL130SA
Received 22 Apr 200274 Chapel Street Ponciau Wrexham LL141SE
Received 27 Mar 2002Co-op Welcome Bedwell Road Cross Lanes Wrexham LL130TR
Received 27 Mar 2002The Grange 17 Smithy Close Wrexham LL128AQ
Received 27 Mar 2002H H Wardle Estate Mereside Industrial Park Fenns Bank Whitchurch Shropshire SY133PA
Received 26 Mar 2002Park View The Green Ruabon Wrexham LL146DP
Received 26 Mar 200243 Fennant Road Ponciau Wrexham LL141PF
Received 26 Mar 20029 Fairy Road Wrexham LL137PT
Received 15 Apr 20024 West Way Rossett Wrexham LL120DX
Received 15 Apr 20023 Chapel Street Holt Wrexham LL139DJ
Received 15 Apr 2002Plas Onn Pontfadog Wrexham
Received 15 Apr 20022, The Clappers Pont Y Capel Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128RS
Received 12 Apr 2002Plas Buckley Bersham Wrexham LL14 4LW
Received 11 Apr 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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