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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25,802 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ysgol Y Wern C.P. School Pen-y-graig Rhos
Received 8 Oct 1998Rhos Post Office Market Street Rhos
Received 8 Oct 1998Former Chapel Premises Dodds Lane Gwersyllt
Received 8 Oct 1998Land Adjacent To Paxton House Vron Tanyfron
Received 8 Oct 1998Manweb Depot And Regional Offices Wrexham Road Rhostyllen
Received 8 Oct 1998Havelock Rise Havelock House Newbridge
Received 11 Sept 1998Longfields Chirk (Outside Nos. 29-40)
Received 10 Sept 1998Wern Farm Minera
Received 10 Sept 1998Plot 10,land At Marford Hill, Marford (F J Cars)
Received 10 Sept 199857 Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 10 Sept 1998Manweb Offices Wrexham Road Rhostyllen
Received 10 Sept 1998Manweb Redwither Road Redwither Lane Industrial Wrexham
Received 10 Sept 1998Oak Farm Willington Malpas
Received 10 Sept 1998Nant Climbers Farm Red Hall Lane Penley
Received 29 Jul 199828 Lilac Way Wrexham
Received 29 Jul 1998Rathmore Wynnstay Lane Marford Wrexham
Received 28 Jul 1998Land At Station Yard Bryn Eryl Station Road Trevor
Received 7 Sept 199812 Egerton Street Wrexham
Received 3 Sept 199812 Egerton Street Wrexham
Received 3 Sept 1998Plas Gwyn Maesydre Wrexham. (O/S Nos. 2-8)
Received 4 Dec 1998Pisgah Yr Ochr Froncysyllte
Received 4 Dec 199839 Bodwyn Park Gresford
Received 3 Dec 19988 Thornleigh Drive Marford
Received 3 Dec 1998Unit 29 Penley Hall Industrial Estate Penley
Received 1 Dec 1998Records 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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