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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
25,783 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Holly Grove Wrexham LL139DN
Received 11 May 2000Wrexham Maelor Hospital Croesnewydd Road Wrexham, Camera 1 Adjacent To Cambrian House
Received 18 May 2000Rose Cottage Lightwood Green Overton Wrexham
Received 18 May 2000Cytec Fiberite Limited Abenbury Way Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham LL13 9UZ
Received 18 May 2000Plas Coch Primary School Stansty Road Wrexham
Received 18 May 2000Land on Chester Road (A483/A5152) Wrexham
Received 18 May 2000New House Cloy Lane Overton Wrexham
Received 18 May 2000Buildings at Home Farm Ruabon Wrexham
Received 17 May 2000Land adjoining The Garage Tudor Street Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 17 May 2000Land at Stanley Road Ponciau Wrexham
Received 15 May 2000Burton Menswear 1/2 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 3 Aug 2000Land at Llay Hall Industrial Estate Cefn Y Bedd Llay Wrexham
Received 2 Aug 2000Wellfield House Pentre Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128RN
Received 2 Aug 2000Pren Cneuon Fennant Road Ponciau Wrexham LL14 1PG
Received 2 Aug 200028 Mayflower Drive Marford Wrexham LL128LD
Received 2 Aug 2000Bryn Erw Church Street Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142BP
Received 2 Aug 2000The Caravan Site Ruthin Road Wrexham
Received 1 Aug 2000Rossett House Rossett Wrexham
Received 1 Aug 2000Plot 7 Land Off Quarry Brow Pant Lane Gresford Wrexham
Received 1 Aug 2000Alliance& Leicester Bldg Soc 11 Hope Street Wrexham LL111BG
Received 1 Aug 2000Cambrian Yard St Giles Way/Part Bridge Street Wrexham
Received 31 Jul 200033 Alyn Drive Rossett Wrexham LL120HQ
Received 31 Jul 20001 Bay Tree Barns Mill Road Bronington Nr Whitchurch
Received 31 Jul 2000Little Green Bronington Wrexham
Received 31 Jul 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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