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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
25,335 approved · 2,058 refused · 1,581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pant Farm Glyn Ceiriog Llangollen Wrexham LL207BY
Received 28 Aug 2001Staples The Office Superstore Unit 4 Border Retail Park Wrexham
Received 26 Jun 2001Area of land comprised of Gala Hill Kennels Adjacent To Property Known As Bryn House. Long Lane Pentre Broughton Wrexham
Received 25 Jun 2001Land At Vicarage Hill Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 25 Jun 200117 Osborne Road Wrexham LL112ET
Received 26 Jul 2001Warehouse Premises Gwalia Road/Black Lane Road Pentre Broughton Wrexham
Received 26 Jul 2001Quarry House Newbridge Road Newbridge Wrexham LL143JA
Received 26 Jul 2001Land At Ley Farm Halton Road Bryncunnalt Chirk Wrexham
Received 6 Jun 2001Ideal Motors 1 Broughton Road Lodge Wrexham LL115NF
Received 5 Jun 20017 The Nurseries Gresford Wrexham LL128NF
Received 5 Jun 2001Wynnstay Hall Ruabon Wrexham LL146LD
Received 5 Jun 2001Musley Farm Musley Lane Overton Wrexham LL130LB
Received 5 Jun 2001Dickens Garage of Wrexham Wrexham Road Rhostyllen Wrexham LL144EJ
Received 5 Jun 2001Cerriog Cottage Dolywern LL20 7AE
Received 30 May 2001Ipsen Biopharm Ash Road Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9UF
Received 30 May 2001Clochdyr Bont Pandy Glyn Ceiriog Wrexham
Received 30 May 2001Brentwood 35 Laurels Avenue Bangor Isycoed Wrexham LL130BB
Received 29 May 2001Peppers Night Club 32-36 Bridge Street Wrexham
Received 29 May 200124A Ffordd Estyn Acton Wrexham LL112SS
Received 25 May 2001Arundel Castletown Road Moss Wrexham LL11 6DW
Received 16 Jul 2001Ash Grove Fennant Road Ponciau Wrexham LL141PG
Received 16 Jul 2001Llwyn Onn Llangollen Road Trevor Wrexham LL207TF
Received 16 Jul 2001Land adjoining Rhostyllen roundabout Wrexham Road Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 25 Apr 2001Garth Draw Garth Llangollen LL20 7UP
Received 25 Apr 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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