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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
25,815 approved · 2,104 refused · 1,606 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 King Street Wrexham
Received 30 Sept 1998Queensway Taxis Queensway
Received 30 Sept 1998The Ridings Clappers Lane Gresford
Received 30 Sept 19981 Wisteria Court Maesgwyn
Received 28 Sept 199886 New Road Rhosddu
Received 28 Sept 19987 Hillcrest Penley
Received 28 Sept 199858 Hullah Lane Wrexham
Received 28 Sept 199810 Park Street Ruabon
Received 6 Aug 19987 Park Street Ruabon
Received 6 Aug 1998Unit 17 Penley Industrial Park
Received 6 Aug 1998Land Adjacent To Hillcrest Horsemans Green Whitchurch Salop
Received 4 Aug 1998Tu Hwnt Ir Nant Llwynmawr Llangollen
Received 4 Aug 199817 Claypit Lane Gresford
Received 4 Aug 1998The Turf Hotel Mold Road Wrexham
Received 3 Aug 19985 Yorke Street Wrexham Invalid Cheque Bounced
Received 3 Aug 1998Five Fords Cottage Abenbury
Received 3 Aug 19985 Overton Arcade Wrexham
Received 21 Sept 1998214/216 Holt Road Wrexham
Received 21 Sept 1998Land Adjoning Ty Gwyn Yr Ochr Froncysyllte Llangollen
Received 21 Sept 199821 Beacon Road Gwersyllt
Received 21 Sept 19982 Browns Lane Cefn Mawr
Received 18 Sept 199820 & 22 Springfield Court Gresford
Received 18 Sept 199816 Haig Road Hightown
Received 17 Aug 1998Central Garage Lea Road Wrexham
Received 17 Aug 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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