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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
25,823 approved · 2,106 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Chapel Site Penley Hospital
Received 30 Jul 1998The Dolls House 1 Pwll Y Go Cottage Ruthin Road Coedpoeth
Received 30 Jul 199836 Hall View Caego
Received 30 Jul 1998Land At Quarry Brow Off Pant Lane Gresford
Received 29 Jul 1998Bryn Halghton
Received 21 Jul 19982 Vale View Llay
Received 20 Jul 1998Plas Acton Commercial Centre Plas Acton Road Pandy
Received 22 Jul 1998Kenyon Cottage & Bungalow Castle Street Holt
Received 2 Jun 1998The Racecourse Ground Mold Road Wrexham
Received 21 Jul 1998Bright Steel Wire Ltd. Spectrum Business Park Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 21 Jul 1998Mike Griffiths & Partners 19 Chester Road Gresford
Received 17 Jul 199822 Sherwell Avenue Barkers Lane
Received 17 Jul 1998Deva Burton Road Rossett
Received 17 Jul 1998All Saints Church The Green Gresford
Received 16 Jul 1998Land At Bertie Road Wrexham
Received 16 Jul 1998The Elms Darland Lane Rossett
Received 16 Jul 19984 Darland Lane Rossett
Received 20 Jul 1998Marston's Brewery Holt Road Wrexham
Received 20 Jul 1998Crescent Road (Former Council Depot) Wrexham
Received 20 Jul 1998Rose Hill Erbistock
Received 30 Jun 1998Land Adjacent To Chanticleers Stryt Maelor Bwlchgwyn
Received 24 Jun 1998Former Site Of Nythfa Bottom Road Gwynfryn
Received 24 Jun 1998Llay Place
Received 24 Jun 1998The Corner House Wrexham Road Rhostyllen
Received 24 Jun 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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