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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
25,455 approved · 2,070 refused · 1,583 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dawson Farm Worthenbury Nr Malpas
Received 16 Feb 200118 Ffordd Maddoc Llay Wrexham LL120RN
Received 16 Feb 2001Talwrn Buildings LLwyn Einion Road Legacy Wrexham LL14 4BT
Received 26 Feb 2001Development off Sunnyridge Avenue Marford Wrexham
Received 22 Feb 2001Glencreran Horsley Marford Wrexham LL128YF
Received 22 Feb 20012, Pikey Cottages Pikey Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128TT
Received 22 Feb 2001At The Junction With Borras Road Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On grass verge near to existing Pillar Box At Junction Of Percy Road & Stockwell Close Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On the pavement at the junction of Sherwell Avenue & Ranscombe Crescent Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Grass verge at the junction of Maes Celyn / Trem Yr Eglwys Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Adjacent to existing pillar box & telephone kiosk At Junction Of Fenwick Drive & Ash Grove Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Adjacent to existing Pillar Box on Chester Road (Opposite Glyndwr Road) Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001At the rear of the pavement facing no. 2 Wavel Avenue Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Adjacent to existing pillar box & telephone kiosk on Ceiriog Road Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001On grass verge near to path at junction of Kings Mill Road And Windrush Close Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 200145 Bodwyn Crescent Gresford Wrexham LL12 8NQ
Received 27 Feb 2001Land At Pleasant View Pentre Broughton Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Land Off Glanllyn Road Bradley Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 2001Hafod Farm Penycae LL14 1UA
Received 26 Feb 2001Part O.S. Plot No. 6977 (SJ2235) At Cae Mor Ucha Llwynmawr Llangollen
Received 26 Feb 2001The Acton Park 110 Chester Road Wrexham LL11 2SN
Received 26 Feb 2001Mill Brook The Mill Yard Lavister Rossett Wrexham
Received 31 Jan 2001The Alyn Chester Road Rossett Wrexham
Received 31 Jan 200112 Deiniol Avenue Marchwiel Wrexham LL130SA
Received 31 Jan 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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