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
25,808 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adjoining Boundary Garage Ellesmere Road Bronington
Received 12 Nov 19988 Bromfield Grove Acton
Received 12 Nov 19981 Plas Gwyn Borras Road
Received 12 Nov 19983 Whitegate Fields Holt
Received 12 Nov 19981 Cherry Tree Cottages Westminster Road Moss
Received 12 Nov 1998Land Adjacent To Barton House Darland Lane Lavister
Received 12 Nov 1998Hanmer Arms Hanmer
Received 14 Oct 1998Hanmer Arms Hanmer
Received 14 Oct 1998The Cedars Frog Lane Holt
Received 14 Dec 19984 Central Buildings Market Square Llay Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 1998Three Acres Rosemary Lane Burton Rossett, Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 1998Melverley Halcog
Received 14 Dec 1998Treetops Park Road Rhosymedre Wrexham
Received 14 Dec 1998Walker Smith & Way Solicitors 23 CHEST
Received 11 Dec 1998Walker Smith & Way 23 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 11 Dec 1998Land Off Station Road Ruabon
Received 11 Dec 19981 New Inn Cottages Moss Road Moss
Received 11 Dec 1998Land Adjacent To Senior Soccer Field Chester Road Gresford
Received 10 Dec 1998Currys Superstore Unit 2a Berse Road
Received 11 Dec 1998141 Holt Road Wrexham
Received 10 Dec 1998Pennant Farm Llangollen
Received 9 Dec 1998Pendine Medical Centre Summerhill Road Gwersyllt
Received 9 Dec 1998Bryn Alyn Hall Pont-y-capel Lane Gresford
Received 9 Dec 1998Unit 12 Ash Road North Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 9 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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