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25,829 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Abenbury Road Wrexham
Received 23 Apr 1998Hippodrome Cinema Henblas Street
Received 20 Apr 19983 The Copse Beechwood Station Road Rossett
Received 20 Apr 199854 North Road Ponciau
Received 20 Apr 1998Dupont Syton Plant C/O Flexys Ruabon Works, Cefn Mawr
Received 26 Feb 1998South Of Wrexham Town Centre BETWEEN A525 SALOP ROAD AND Bridge Street Wrexham
Received 24 Feb 19986 Jutland Avenue Gwersyllt
Received 24 Feb 1998The Old Rectory Tallarn Green
Received 29 Jan 1998Hanmer Arms Hanmer
Received 29 Jan 1998Hanmer Arms Hanmer
Received 29 Jan 1998Land Adjacent To Rosefield Villas Quarry Road Brynteg
Received 15 Jul 1998Vale View Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 15 Jul 1998Garden Area Of Bryn Coch Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 14 Jul 199881/83 Bangor Road Johnstown
Received 26 Mar 19981 Penderyn Way Llay
Received 26 Mar 1998Woodlands Tree Farm Cottage Borras
Received 25 Mar 1998Dane Motor Company Rhosrobin
Received 25 Mar 1998E.P. Packaging Ltd. Queensway Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 25 Mar 1998Penley Madras Aided School Penley
Received 25 Mar 1998School Lane/School Street Rhos
Received 9 Jun 1998Former Chapel Site Berse Road New Broughton
Received 9 Jun 1998Brackenhill Old Road Dolywern
Received 9 Jun 199817 St. George's Crescent Wrexham
Received 8 Jun 199819 Cavendish Square Wrexham
Received 8 Jun 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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