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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
25,384 approved · 2,063 refused · 1,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Penrhos Engine House Brymbo Wrexham
Received 13 Jun 2001Star Video Market Street Rhos Wrexham
Received 12 Jun 2001Pussey Willow 2, Singrett Hill Cottages Singrett Hill Llay Wrexham LL120NS
Received 12 Jun 2001Derwen Dolywern Llangollen Wrexham
Received 11 Jun 200115 Penrallt Pentre Broughton Wrexham LL116BQ
Received 11 Jun 20014 Kings Oak Court Wrexham LL138QH
Received 11 Jun 2001Bryn Afon Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Llangollen Wrexham LL207LF
Received 8 Jun 20015 Ffordd Alun Wrexham LL127PH
Received 8 Jun 2001Marshley Farm Bowling Bank Wrexham LL139RN
Received 8 Jun 2001Plot 8A Grange Court Marchwiel Wrexham
Received 2 May 20015 Queen Street Wrexham LL111AP
Received 2 May 200114 Trevor Street Wrexham LL137EG
Received 6 Apr 2001Yale College Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 13 Feb 2001H.H. Wardle Mereside Industrial Park Fenns Bank Whitchurch Shropshire SY13 3PA
Received 13 Feb 2001Land adjacent to Boundary Garage Long Lane Bronington Wrexham
Received 13 Feb 2001Kelloggs Co(gb) Ltd Bryn Lane Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL139UT
Received 12 Feb 2001Well House Farm Sarn Malpas SY14 7LN
Received 12 Feb 2001Land Adjoining Lavister Garage Lavister Wrexham
Received 12 Feb 2001Land Adjoining Dee View House Park Road Newbridge Wrexham LL143YY
Received 21 Mar 20015, 6 and 7 Church Street Wrexham LL138LS
Received 20 Mar 2001Cymru Country Foods Ltd Miners Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay Wrexham LL12 OPJ
Received 20 Mar 2001Bryn Offa Stores 132 Bryn Offa Wrexham
Received 16 Mar 2001Brocton Aberderfyn Road Johnstown Wrexham LL141PB
Received 19 Mar 200134 Chapel Street Penycae Wrexham
Received 19 Mar 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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