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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
25,254 approved · 2,056 refused · 1,578 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Brentwood 2 Sunnyridge Avenue Marford Wrexham
Received 7 Dec 20012 Sunnyridge Avenue Marford Wrexham LL128TE
Received 7 Dec 2001Vacant land to the South of Miners Road Llay Wrexham
Received 6 Dec 2001The Orchards Rosemary Lane Burton Rossett Wrexham LL120LA
Received 6 Dec 2001Seibiant 3 Berwyn Mill Cottages Off New Road Glyn Ceiriog Wrexham
Received 6 Dec 2001Cartref Hoseley Lane Marford Wrexham LL128YE
Received 6 Dec 20014 Park Lane Penley Wrexham
Received 6 Dec 2001Grange Cottage Salop Road Overton Wrexham LL13 OLE
Received 6 Dec 2001Corner House Farm Parkside Rossett Wrexham LL120BW
Received 4 Dec 2001Delfan Duke Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL141TB
Received 4 Dec 2001Camera 2 Afon Community Queensway Wrexham
Received 19 Oct 2001Camera 1 Bryn Lane / Abenbury Way Roundabout Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 19 Oct 200127 Tanyfron Road Tanyfron Wrexham LL115SA
Received 18 Oct 2001Greenfields Breaden Heath Whitchurch SY13 2LF
Received 18 Oct 2001Taste Of India Take Away 34 Rhosnesni Lane Wrexham LL127NA
Received 17 Oct 20011 Queensford Worthenbury Wrexham LL130AP
Received 17 Oct 2001Grange Barn The Grange Salop Road Overton Wrexham
Received 17 Oct 200133 Princess Street Wrexham LL137UR
Received 17 Oct 200127 Bellevue Road Wrexham LL137NH
Received 17 Oct 2001(Previously Known As Bird In Hand P.H.) Coed y Deryn Woodland Road Moss Wrexham LL11 6BD
Received 17 Oct 200115 Forest Road Llay Wrexham LL120UB
Received 17 Oct 200153/55 Wrexham Road Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144DW
Received 17 Oct 200153/55 Wrexham Road Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144EW
Received 17 Oct 200153/55 Wrexham Road Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144EW
Received 17 Oct 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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