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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
25,832 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Family Fashions Victoria Road Brynteg
Received 24 Apr 1998Neighbours Holyhead Road Chirk
Received 2 Apr 1998Neighbours Holyhead Road Chirk
Received 2 Apr 1998Woodleigh Clappers Lane Gresford
Received 2 Apr 1998Cae Crwn Gwern-y-gaseg Road Coedpoeth
Received 12 Mar 1998Clays Farm Golf Centre Clays Farm Bryn Estyn Road Llan-y-pwll Wrexham
Received 12 Mar 199857 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 17 Apr 1998Clywedog Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 5 Feb 1998Coed Aben Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 5 Feb 1998Rowan Foods Ash Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 5 Feb 1998Meadow View Whitewell
Received 11 Mar 1998Old Rkm Wool Shop 36-39 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 9 Mar 1998The Views Fenns Bank Bronington
Received 6 Mar 1998Newi Plas Coch Mold Road Wrexham
Received 15 Dec 1997Rosemary Nurseries Burton Rossett
Received 15 Dec 199744-46 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 12 Dec 199735-37 King Street Wrexham
Received 10 Nov 1997Plot Of Land At Rhosnesni Lane Wrexham (Adjacent To The Gate Han
Received 10 Nov 199764 Ffordd Garmonydd Off Smithy Lane
Received 10 Nov 1997Ashbrooke Common Wood Road Nr. Holt
Received 22 Dec 19973 Stone Cottages Little Mountain Summerhill Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1997Bryn Celyn Wrexham Road Brynteg Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1997Part Of Ground Floor Of Beechfield House Station Road Rossett
Received 5 Nov 1997New Black Horse Public House High Street Rhostyllen
Received 3 Nov 1997Records 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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