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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25,829 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 12 Jan 19985 Ffynnon Y Ceirw Bwlchgwyn
Received 21 Oct 1997Fraser Cottage High Street Bangor-on-dee
Received 21 Oct 1997Unit 14 Abenbury Way Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 15 Oct 199719 Darland Lane (Darland Close) Rossett
Received 12 Jan 1998Constitutional Club 21 Park Street Ruabon
Received 12 Jan 1998Constitutional Club 21 Park Street Ruabon
Received 12 Jan 1998LAND EAST OF STANSFIELD HOUSE BARKERS LANE BORRAS WREXHAM LL13 9TP
Received 30 Mar 1998Land At Marford Hill (Former Site Of P & Marford
Received 30 Mar 19982 Norse Close Saxon Park Gwersyllt
Received 27 Mar 199847 Melyd Avenue Johnstown
Received 8 Jun 1998Cadwgan Hall Bersham
Received 8 Jun 1998Parkside Farm Rossett
Received 5 Jun 1998Moss Lane Cottage Big Arowry Hanmer
Received 2 Jun 199841 Glan Garth Maes-y-dre
Received 2 Jun 1998Land Bounded By Henblas Street,queen Str Lambpit Street Wrexham
Received 2 Jun 19982A Hill Street Rhos
Received 1 Jun 1998Pant Farm Glyn Ceiriog
Received 1 Jun 19982 Sunnyside New Road Rhosddu Wrexham
Received 1 Jun 1998Yale College Bersham Road Wrexham
Received 29 May 1998Henlys Rhosddu Industrial Estate Rhosddu Wrexham
Received 29 May 1998Bowling Green Recreation Ground Station Road Bangor-on-dee
Received 28 May 199820 Belvedere Drive Wrexham
Received 27 May 1998Mecca Bingo Club Smithfield Road Wrexham
Received 27 May 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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