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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
25,131 approved · 2,047 refused · 1,574 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside Nos 33-35 First Avenue Llay Wrexham
Received 29 Oct 2001Opposite Nos 10-12 and 9-11 Central Avenue Wrexham
Received 29 Oct 2001Outside Nos 1-15 Garner Road Wrexham
Received 29 Oct 2001Land adjacent to Llay Hall Industrial Estate Sydallt Wrexham
Received 12 Oct 2001The Butchers Market High Street Wrexham
Received 8 Feb 2002Barclays Bank Plc 40-41 High Street Wrexham LL138LF
Received 8 Feb 2002Barclays Bank Plc 40-41 High Street Wrexham LL138LF
Received 8 Feb 2002Abenbury Park (South side) Abenbury Road Wrexham
Received 14 Feb 2002Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Llangollen Road Acrefair Wrexham LL143HL
Received 14 Nov 20019 The Links Plas Goulbourne Wrexham LL139PZ
Received 14 Nov 2001Blaenaur Dwr Froncysyllte Wrexham
Received 12 Oct 2001Existing playing field Off Ffordd Newydd Gwynfryn Wrexham
Received 12 Oct 2001Land At Borras Airfield & Borras Hall Farm Borras Quarry Holt Road Wrexham
Received 12 Nov 200163 Acton Gate Wrexham LL112PW
Received 12 Nov 2001Cheverells Hoseley Lane Marford Wrexham LL128YE
Received 12 Nov 2001Stryt Las Johnstown Wrexham
Received 12 Nov 2001Ty'n y Capel Inn Minera Wrexham
Received 5 Mar 200220 Well Street Cefn Mawr Wrexham LL143AE
Received 12 Oct 2001Bryn Estyn Lane Wrexham
Received 12 Oct 2001Plot no. 8 Miners Park Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay Wrexham
Received 5 Feb 2002Land At Brook Lawn Rossett Road Commonwood Holt Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 2001Land Adjoining New Broughton Farm New Broughton Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 2001Land at the rear of CPS Building Ellice Way Wrexham Technology Park Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 2001Land adjoining 1 Bryn Cottages Penylan Ruabon Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 2001Records 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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