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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
25,777 approved · 2,102 refused · 1,602 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Bedwell Hall Bedwell Lane Cross Lanes Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 2000Trem Berwyn Garth Road Garth Wrexham LL207UR
Received 8 Sept 20005 West View Chirk Wrexham LL145HN
Received 7 Sept 2000Rose Cottage Frog Lane Holt Wrexham LL139HJ
Received 7 Sept 2000Wrexham Service Station Ruthin Road Wrexham
Received 7 Sept 2000Dennis Ruabon Ltd Hafod Tileries Ruabon Wrexham
Received 6 Sept 2000West of Old Tollgate House, Lodge Adjacent To B5105 Brymbo Road Southsea Wrexham
Received 6 Sept 2000Lucky House 126 Rhosddu Road Wrexham LL112NG
Received 5 Sept 2000Luke O'Connor House Barter Court Barracks Field Wrexham
Received 5 Sept 200025 Berse Road Caego Wrexham
Received 5 Sept 2000Wrens Nest Rhosddu Road Rhosddu Wrexham LL112NP
Received 28 Sept 20003 Arenig Close Summerhill Wrexham LL114YT
Received 28 Sept 2000Oak House Vicarage Lane Gresford Wrexham LL128UW
Received 28 Sept 20003 Vicarage Court Holt Wrexham LL139AL
Received 27 Sept 2000Schmalbach-Lubeca Gresford Industrial Park Gresford Wrexham
Received 27 Sept 2000Cae Glas Bronwylfa Legacy Wrexham
Received 27 Sept 2000ntl Wrexham Rhos Transmitting Station Off Clayton Road Pentre Broughton Wrexham
Received 26 Sept 200021 Kensington Grove Box Lane Wrexham LL12 8AJ
Received 25 Sept 2000Arona 47 Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham LL128LH
Received 25 Sept 2000Land Adjoining 15 Windemere Road Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 2000Unit 1 Mount Street Retail Park Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 2000Kronospan Ltd Chirk Whitchurch
Received 25 Sept 20002 Glanrafon Rhosllanerchrugog Wrexham LL142DN
Received 25 Sept 2000Lower Farm Penylan Ruabon Wrexham
Received 25 Sept 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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