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25,829 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hanmer Hall Farm Hanmer
Received 8 Jun 1998Land Off Blue Bell Lane Pandy Gresford Wrexham
Received 5 Jun 1998Heddwch St. Martin's Mews Llay Wrexham
Received 8 Jun 199811 Meadow Rise Gresford Road Llay Wrexham
Received 8 Jun 1998Old Rose Cottage Erbistock
Received 13 May 19987 -9 Bridge Street Wrexham ,
Received 12 May 1998The Old Courthouse Station Road Overton
Received 12 May 199844-46 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 14 Jul 19983 Ty Uchaf Froncysyllte
Received 14 Jul 1998Anfield Bethania Road Acrefair
Received 14 Jul 1998Wrexham Meeting House Herbert Jennings Avenue Wrexham
Received 13 Jul 199812 Old Wood Moss Valley Gardens New Broughton Wrexham
Received 13 Jul 1998Y Tai Railway Road Brymbo
Received 13 Jul 19981 Broughton Grove Quarry Road Pentre Broughton
Received 28 May 1998Gatewen Hall Caego
Received 3 Jun 1998Gatewen Hall Caego
Received 28 May 1998Entrance Gates To Chirk Castle
Received 28 May 1998Ruabon High School Ruabon
Received 28 May 1998Smithy View Service Station Chester Road Wrexham
Received 27 May 19982 High Street Johnstown
Received 13 Jul 199845 Melydd Avenue Johnstown
Received 13 Jul 1998The Cottage Green Lane Halton Chirk
Received 13 Jul 1998Bryn Villa High Street Glyn Ceiriog
Received 13 Jul 1998Ashgrove Nursing Home Chester Road Gresford
Received 13 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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