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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
25,102 approved · 2,042 refused · 1,574 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wenallt Gatewen Road New Broughton Wrexham LL116YA
Received 19 Nov 2001Bryn Rossett Farm Hanmer Whitchurch Shropshire SY133BS
Received 19 Apr 20023 Bedwell Road Cross Lanes Wrexham LL130TR
Received 19 Apr 2002Chaloner House Off Station Road Rossett Wrexham LL12 0HE
Received 19 Apr 2002Land To The Rear Of Petrol Station Ruabon By-Pass Ruabon Wrexham
Received 19 Apr 2002Fennant Road Ponciau Wrexham
Received 19 Apr 20021 Sycamore Drive Marford Wrexham LL128XU
Received 19 Apr 200213 Bryn Hyfryd Estate Coedpoeth Wrexham LL11 3YA
Received 17 Apr 2002Ty Cwm Pandy Glyn Ceiriog Llangollen
Received 17 Apr 2002The Mount Coed Efa New Broughton Wrexham LL116YN
Received 17 Apr 2002Pen y Bryn Bungalow Higher Wych Malpas
Received 17 Apr 2002avondale Gyfelia Wrexham LL13 0YH
Received 17 Apr 2002The Woodlands Mold Road Cefn-y-bedd Wrexham LL129YG
Received 17 Apr 2002Pandy Holdings Halghton Lane Bangor Is Y Coed Wrexham
Received 17 Apr 200281 Erddig Road Wrexham LL137DP
Received 17 Apr 20021 Gredington Close Wrexham LL139DQ
Received 17 Apr 200228 Park Avenue Wrexham LL127AL
Received 16 Apr 2002Former Brymbo Steel Works Brymbo Wrexham LL11 5BT
Received 17 Apr 20027 Roft Close Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114QW
Received 17 Apr 20021 Smithfield Close Holt Wrexham
Received 17 Apr 2002Nant Y Mynydd Bridge Street Penycae Wrexham LL142RH
Received 17 Apr 2002Glenside House Holyhead Road Froncysyllte Wrexham LL207RA
Received 25 Mar 2002Land At Hafod Y Bwch Farm Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 8 Apr 2002Nationwide Bldg Soc 01-02 High Street Wrexham LL138LH
Received 15 Mar 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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