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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
25,802 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,605 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 1996 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moss Holdings Moss Lane Bettisfield
Received 4 Oct 199940-41 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 11 Oct 1999Owens Corning Fiberglas Bryn Lane Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1998Land At Bank Street Grango Lane Ponciau
Received 23 Dec 1998Pendine Park (Bryn Bella) Summerhill Road Gwersyllt
Received 23 Dec 1998Tan-y-graig Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 11 Feb 1999Jesmond Pant Lane Gresford
Received 4 Feb 1999Gresford Aided Primary School School Hill Gresford
Received 1 Feb 1999Myrtle Cottage Tallarn Green Nr. Malpas
Received 18 Dec 1998Wrexham Afc The Racecourse Ground Mold Road
Received 18 Dec 1998Hillbury Wrexham Road Pentre Bychan Wrexham
Received 18 Dec 1998Babken Limited Miners Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay
Received 8 Oct 1998Bryn Hyfryd House Vicarage Lane Gresford
Received 8 Oct 1998Penley Madras Aided School Penley
Received 7 Oct 1998Yew Tree Nurseries Llay Road Rossett
Received 22 Dec 1998Vhf Station Frondeg Legacy
Received 22 Dec 1998Burlingford Travel Break And Restaurant A483 Ruabon By-pass Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1998Offa View New Brighton Minera
Received 24 Nov 1998Offa View New Brighton Minera
Received 24 Nov 1998Three Acres Rosemary Lane Burton
Received 20 Nov 1998The Grange Penley
Received 20 Nov 1998Pann Krisp Ltd. 96-97 Abenbury Way Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 1998Chapter II 63 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 1998Ysgol Sant Dunawd CP Bangor Isycoed Wrexham
Received 10 May 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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