Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
25,795 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land adjoining Broadoaks Dean Road Wrexham
Received 5 May 2000Field adjacent to Cae Gwyn Gatewen Road New Broughton Wrexham
Received 5 May 2000Bryn-y-Coed Cottage Chirk Wrexham
Received 5 May 2000Penycae Fieldhead Chirk Green Chirk Wrexham LL145PU
Received 3 May 2000Beds & Pine Ltd Trinity Works Llangollen Road Acrefair Wrexham
Received 17 Apr 200027 Chester Road Wrexham
Received 11 Nov 1998Land Adjacent To Caia Gardens Benjamin Road
Received 11 Nov 1998The Sun Inn Hall Street Rhos
Received 11 Nov 1998Orchard Cottage Lightwood Green Overton
Received 11 Nov 1998Land To The Rear Of 1-3 Church Road Brynteg Wrexham
Received 11 Nov 1998Wright's Garage Old Vicarage Penycae
Received 6 Nov 1998Land off Bluebell Lane (Plots 17-46) Pandy Wrexham
Received 20 Jan 2000Land to the rear of Green Farm The Green Gresford Wrexham
Received 13 Jan 2000Celyn Cottage Woodlands Road Froncysyllte Wrexham LL207SA
Received 12 Jan 2000Little Chef/Travelodge A483/A539 Wrexham By-pass Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 12 Jan 2000Land to the rear of Pandy Industrial Estate Pandy Wrexham
Received 7 Jan 2000Peace Garden Wheatsheaf Lane Gwersyllt Wrexham
Received 15 Dec 1999Maes Derwyn Higher Lane Rossett Wrexham
Received 30 Nov 1999Mulsford Hall Sarn Malpas Wrexham
Received 30 Nov 1999Brynteg Library & Community Hall Quarry Road Brynteg Wrexham LL11 6AB
Received 26 Nov 1999Land Adjoining Kilhendre Old Wrexham Road Gresford
Received 6 Nov 1998Hillcrest Knolton Bryn Overton
Received 5 Nov 19987 Charles Street Wrexham
Received 5 Nov 1998Homebase DIY Store Plas Coch Retail Park Plas Coch Road Wrexham
Received 22 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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