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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
25,808 approved · 2,103 refused · 1,605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent To No. 32 Hill Street Rhostyllen
Received 21 May 1998Lilac Cottage Eglwys Cross Whitchurch
Received 17 Aug 1998The Barn House The Lane Willington
Received 17 Aug 1998Hafod Claypit Johnstown
Received 17 Aug 1998Land At Rhosddu Industrial Estate Rhosddu
Received 17 Aug 1998Land To The Rear Of The Surgery Castle Road Chirk
Received 17 Aug 1998Outbuilding Adjacent To Glyn Y Wern Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog
Received 17 Aug 1998Land To The Rear Of Fina Petrol Station Ruabon By-pass
Received 14 Aug 1998Brook Street Bridge Street
Received 14 Aug 1998The Haven Rosemary Lane Burton
Received 13 Aug 1998Front Garden Of Mill Brow House Springfield Lane Marford
Received 13 Aug 1998Highfield Nursing Home Summerhill Road Gwersyllt
Received 12 Aug 1998ADJACENT TO Tyn-y-berllan Pandy, Llangollen
Received 12 Aug 1998Ty Newydd Cefn Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 12 Aug 199874 Offa Lodgevale Park Chirk
Received 12 Aug 1998112 Chester Road Wrexham
Received 12 Aug 1998Stable-y-ddol Pontfadog
Received 14 Sept 199810 Norse Close Saxon Park Gwersyllt Wrexham
Received 28 Jul 1998Land Adjacent Berse Church Hall Berse Road Caego
Received 28 Jul 1998Land At Stanley Road Ponciau
Received 7 Oct 1998Whitehurst Halt Whitehurst Chirk
Received 7 Oct 1998Llay Smithy Chapel Lane
Received 7 Oct 1998Land Between Rockmans Arms And The Cotta Trevor
Received 7 Oct 1998Former Yew Tree Nurseries Llay Road Burton Rossett
Received 7 Oct 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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