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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
25,418 approved · 2,066 refused · 1,581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
On grass verge near to lamp post in Blantern Way Opposite Walkers Close Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Adjacent to existing Pillar box on Box Lane & Kensington Grove. Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Ty Canol Farm Ty Canol Road Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL14 1UN
Received 28 Mar 2001Tanycraig Canol Mountain Road Minera Wrexham LL113DR
Received 19 Feb 2001Land At Poplar Road Penycae Wrexham
Received 19 Feb 2001Five Oaks Borras Hall Lane Llan-y-pwll Wrexham LL139SG
Received 16 Feb 2001Plot No 13 Oak Alyn Court Cefny Y Bedd Wrexham
Received 16 Feb 2001The Studios Mold Road Gwersyllt Wrexham LL114AF
Received 16 Feb 2001Land Adjacent To 32 Hill Street Penycae Wrexham LL142RD
Received 16 Feb 2001On the grass verge at the corner of the junction of New Road & Bryn Y Glyn Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On the pavement near to the telephone post at the Junction Of Green Park & Erddig Road Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On the grass verge at the junction of Norman Road & Brynycabanau Road Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Adjacent to existing pillar box on Connor Crescent Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On the grass verge facing Ael y Bryn at the junction Of Wats Dyke Way Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On grass verge next to existing telephone pole Near To The Driveway Of 10 Sussex Gardens Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Briarwood Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128SG
Received 16 Feb 2001Listed Privy At Develoment Site Church Green Gresford Wrexham
Received 16 Feb 2001Listed Privy At Development Site Church Green Gresford Wrexham
Received 16 Feb 2001Land Adjacent To Porth-Y-Cwm Llanarmon D.C. Llangollen
Received 12 Feb 200117 Abbeygate Walk Bangor On Dee Wrexham
Received 12 Feb 20011 Afon Terrace, Ruabon Road Ruabon Wrexham LL146PY
Received 12 Feb 2001Legacy Mill Talwrn Wrexham
Received 5 Mar 2001Land adjoining The Croft Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham
Received 5 Mar 2001Land to the North of Southsea Road & East Of Rhosredyn Lane New Broughton Wrexham
Received 27 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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