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
25,823 approved · 2,106 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Park Street Ruabon
Received 6 Aug 1998Moss View Park Lane Parkside Rossett
Received 3 Aug 1998Little Pentre Farm Knolton Overton-on-dee
Received 3 Aug 1998Machine Farm Maes-y-ffynnon Road Minera
Received 3 Aug 1998Green Meadows Hoseley Lane Marford Wrexham
Received 3 Aug 19982 Yale Park Mold Road
Received 31 Jul 1998Bryn Alyn Hall Pont-y-capel Lane Llay
Received 31 Jul 199814 High Street Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 199836 Sherwell Avenue Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 1998Plot 2,land At Horsemans Green
Received 6 May 1998The Villager Restaurant And Take-away 8 Bangor Road Overton
Received 29 Jun 1998Gatefield Flats Bryn-y-cabannau Road Hightown
Received 29 Jun 1998Yale College Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 29 Jun 199814 Camberley Drive Wrexham
Received 26 Jun 1998Broad Oak Farm Whitchurch
Received 8 Jun 1998Hoseley Bank Farm Hoseley Bank Marford
Received 26 Jun 19988 Broughton Road Lodge
Received 23 Apr 1998The Gospel Hall Norman Road Wrexham
Received 23 Apr 199831 Pant Olwen Gresford
Received 22 Apr 19982 Eaton View Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 25 Jun 199829 Little Acton Drive Acton
Received 25 Jun 1998Land At Penley Hospital Penley
Received 25 Jun 1998Broughton Walls Threapwood Nr. Malpas
Received 31 Jul 1998Rhostre Farm Horsemans Green
Received 30 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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