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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
25,847 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Villa Farm Mill Lane Bronington
Received 3 Nov 1997Ddol Hir Caravan Park Pandy Glyn Ceiriog
Received 6 Mar 1998Pennant Farm Pontfadog Llangollen
Received 6 Mar 1998Pen-y-nant Minera
Received 6 Mar 1998Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Plas Madoc
Received 29 Dec 1997Oakleigh Afoneitha Road Penycae Wrexham
Received 23 Dec 1997Kynaston Place Cefn Mawr
Received 23 Dec 1997North Wales Regional Tennis Centre Plas Coch Road Wrexham
Received 4 Mar 199814 Egerton Street Wrexham
Received 3 Mar 1998Wrexham Dh.q Bodhyfryd
Received 3 Mar 1998Sandy Lane Llan-y-pwll
Received 27 Jan 1998Small Paddock Of Land East Of Stansfield
Received 26 Jan 1998Yorke Street (Opposite Black Horse Public H
Received 26 Jan 1998Plot 1 Coppi Industrial Estate Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 26 Jan 1998The Nurseries Maes-y-waun Chirk
Received 26 Jan 1998Wrexham Library And Arts Centre Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 26 Jan 19986 Yorke Street Wrexham
Received 22 Jan 199817/19 Town Hill Wrexham
Received 14 Aug 1997Crabtree Green Eyton
Received 14 Aug 1997Lyndale Park Box Lane
Received 22 Dec 1997Third Avenue (Outside 1-7) Llay Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1997The Croft High Street Gresford
Received 22 Dec 1997Horsley Hall Hoseley Lane Marford Wrexham
Received 19 Dec 1997Land At Bowers Road Acrefair Nr. Wrexham
Received 19 Dec 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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