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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
25,775 approved · 2,102 refused · 1,601 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1996 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hill House Hammond Ltd 37 High Street Wrexham LL138HY
Received 3 Oct 2000Land at Quarry Brow Off Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham
Received 3 Oct 2000Corner House Farm Parkside Rossett Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 2000Land opposite Cam yr Alyn Farm Broadoak Rossett Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 200011 Wheatsheaf Mews Gwersyllt Wrexham LL11 4EQ
Received 2 Oct 20005 Hand Terrace Chirk Wrexham LL145EU
Received 2 Oct 2000Land at Top House Marford Hill Marford Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 2000Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 2000Land adjacent to Bryn Alyn Hall Pont Y Capel Lane Gresford Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 2000Co-op Late Shop Shones Lane Llay Wrexham LL120PL
Received 2 Oct 2000Co-op Late Shop 81-83 Holt Road Wrexham LL138NG
Received 2 Oct 2000To the rear of Poplar Cottage Vicarage Lane Gresford Wrexham
Received 30 Aug 200029 Wats Dyke Way Garden Village Wrexham LL112TG
Received 29 Aug 2000Sunnycroft Wrexham Road Llanypwll Wrexham
Received 25 Aug 2000Oak Farm Tallarn Green Malpas Cheshire
Received 10 Nov 200019 Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128NB
Received 10 Nov 200019 Chester Road Gresford Wrexham LL128NB
Received 10 Nov 2000Penley Mill Penley Nr. Overton Wrexham
Received 10 Nov 2000Remploy Ltd Railway Road Rhosddu Wrexham LL112DN
Received 10 Nov 2000Land adjoining Caxton Place Off Regent Street Wrexham
Received 9 Nov 200031 High Street Wrexham LL138HY
Received 9 Nov 20001 Wheatsheaf Lane Gwersyllt Wrexham
Received 9 Nov 2000Land to the rear of Greenacres and Bryn Awelon Bottom Road Summerhill Wrexham
Received 9 Nov 2000Nos. 44 - 60 Plas Isaf Rhosymedre Wrexham
Received 9 Nov 2000Records 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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