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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25,823 approved · 2,106 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Golden Lion Coedpoeth
Received 24 Jun 1998Oak Mead The Golly Burton Green Rossett
Received 24 Jun 1998Bronington Aided School School Lane Bronington
Received 24 Jun 199825 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 21 May 1998Plas Madoc Post Office & Stores Woodward Walk Plas Madoc
Received 6 Jul 1998Fron Isaf Farm Fron Isaf Chirk
Received 6 Jul 199895 Dean Road Wrexham
Received 3 Jul 19981 AND 2 Bron-y-nant Wrexham Maelor Hospital Croesnewydd Road Wrexham
Received 3 Jul 1998The Old Mill Higher Wych Malpas
Received 3 Jul 199814 Friars Court Bangor-on-dee
Received 3 Jul 1998Hawthorn Villa Park Lane Penley
Received 3 Jul 1998The Haven Westminster Road Brynteg
Received 3 Jul 1998Drws-y-coed Penycae Road Ruabon
Received 3 Jul 1998Land Adjacent To Rhostyllen Roundabout Rhostyllen
Received 2 Jul 19983 Terrig Way Glascoed Park Summerhill
Received 1 Jul 199849 Maes Teg Pen-y-cae
Received 1 Jul 1998Kronospan Chirk
Received 24 Jul 1998Horace Jones Ironmongers Station Road Rossett
Received 8 Jul 19981 Taliesin Marchwiel
Received 8 Jul 199810 Vicarage Lane Penley
Received 8 Jul 1998Garden Of 12 Vicarage Lane Penley Wrexham
Received 8 Jul 1998Borras Farm Borras
Received 8 Jul 1998Kronospan Limited Chirk
Received 8 Jul 199811 Penygelli Road Coedpoeth
Received 7 Jul 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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