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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
25,829 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brooklands Tanyfron Road Tanyfron
Received 10 Jul 19982 Roft Close Saxon Park Gwersyllt
Received 10 Jul 1998Ivy Cottage Old Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 10 Jul 199819 Ffordd Llywelyn Off Smithy Lane
Received 9 Jul 1998Land Adjoining Lilac Cottage Station Road Bangor-on-dee
Received 9 Jul 1998St. Anne's R.C. Primary School Prince Charles Road Wrexham
Received 9 Jul 199883 Market Street Rhos
Received 9 Jul 1998Kronospan Ltd. Chirk
Received 30 Jul 19985 Orchard Court Gresford
Received 9 Jul 1998Vacant Buildings Belonging To Hafod Farm Penycae
Received 6 Jul 1998Marchwiel Hall Marchwiel
Received 1 Jul 1998Former Presbyterian Church Park Street Rhosddu
Received 1 Jul 1998Land Adjoining Oakbrow Hillock Lane Gresford
Received 30 Jun 19988 Belgrave Road Wrexham
Received 30 Jun 1998Former Do-it-all Store Holt Street Wrexham
Received 30 Jun 1998Erddig Nursery Erddig Road Wrexham
Received 24 Jun 199818 Kings Close Kingsmills
Received 23 Jun 1998Market Henblas Street
Received 23 Jun 1998Rose Tree Cottage Tallarn Green
Received 23 Jun 199836 Lord Street Wrexham
Received 23 Jun 199832 Borras Park Road Wrexham
Received 23 Jun 1998Plots 1 & 2 Marford Hill,land Adjacent To Beechmount Marford
Received 23 Jun 19982 Laurel Grove Bersham
Received 23 Jun 19982 Laurel Grove Bersham
Received 23 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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