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
25,829 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To Ddol-hir Glyn Ceiriog
Received 15 Jun 19981 Y Groes Salisbury Road
Received 26 May 19986 Ridley Wood Close Green Acres Park The Ithens Sontley Road, Wrexham
Received 26 May 1998ADJOINING Erw Wladys Glyn Ceiriog
Received 5 Jun 1998The Buck Hotel High Street Bangor-on-dee
Received 17 Jun 1998Ty Canol Heol Maelor Coedpoeth
Received 16 Jun 1998Pennant Farm Pontfadog
Received 16 Jun 1998Carmel Mulsford Sarn
Received 25 Jun 19983 Oak Mount Cefn-y-bedd
Received 25 Jun 1998Talfryn Cottage Erbistock
Received 5 Jun 1998Land At 100 Chester Road Gresford
Received 4 Jun 1998Wrexham Golf Club Holt Road Wrexham
Received 3 Jun 199836 Maple Avenue Wrexham
Received 3 Jun 19983 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 3 Jun 19986 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 3 Jun 1998The Blue Bell Inn Delph Road Acrefair
Received 3 Jun 1998Land At Wern Bersham
Received 16 Jul 199816 Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 16 Jul 199815 Lord Street Wrexham
Received 15 Jul 19981 New Inn Cottages Moss Road Moss
Received 3 Feb 1998Land Adjacent To Greenacres Smithy Lane Pentre Bychan
Received 3 Feb 199815 Ffordd Gwenllian Singret Heights Llay
Received 3 Feb 1998H.A.C.K. Sanctuary Lodgevale Park Top Road Bradley
Received 24 Apr 1998Pisgah Yr Ochr Froncysyllte
Received 24 Apr 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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