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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
25,364 approved · 2,063 refused · 1,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Pen Y Bont Landfill Pentre Chirk Wrexham LL14 5AR
Received 17 Jul 2001Warren Cottage Pontfadog Llanarmon D.C.
Received 16 Jul 2001Maes Awelon Talwrn Road Legacy Wrexham
Received 16 Jul 2001Land Adjacent To Peniel House Vron Wrexham LL11 5TW
Received 10 Jul 2001(Previously Huntsville) 115 Norman Road Wrexham LL137BG
Received 5 Jul 2001Ysgol Rhiwabon Pont Adam Ruabon Wrexham
Received 20 Jun 200116 Oak Avenue Penley Wrexham
Received 20 Jun 2001(Previously Huntsville) 115 Norman Road Wrexham LL137BG
Received 5 Jul 2001Cefny Cottage Golly Rossett Wrexham LL120AL
Received 5 Jul 2001Land Adjacent To Bryn Onnen Hillock Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128YL
Received 5 Jul 2001Land at Ty Broughton Hall Lane Tallarn Green Malpas
Received 5 Jul 2001Land adjacent to Highfields Chirk Green Chirk Wrexham
Received 5 Jul 2001Burger King (uk) Ltd 22/23 Queen Street Wrexham LL111AL
Received 1 Jun 200153 Ffordd Glyn Coed Y Glyn Wrexham LL137QW
Received 31 May 2001Land Adjoining Bryn House Long Lane Pentre Broughton Wrexham LL116BT
Received 10 May 2001Old Slaughter house Furnace Road Ffrwd Cefn Y Bedd Wrexham
Received 10 May 2001Bryn Rhosyn Ffordd Uchaf Gwynfryn Wrexham
Received 9 May 200140 Ffordd Maddock Llay Wrexham
Received 9 May 2001The Co-Op Store 175 Chester Road Garden Village Wrexham LL12 8DW
Received 9 May 2001The Co-Op Store 175 Chester Road Garden Village Wrexham LL12 8DW
Received 9 May 2001Former Council Depot Crescent Road Wrexham
Received 5 Jul 2001Barclays Bank Plc 40-41 High Street Wrexham LL138LF
Received 5 Jul 2001Opposite No 94 St Davids Crescent Wrexham LL138SH
Received 5 Jul 2001Land At Poplar Road Penycae Wrexham
Received 5 Jul 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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