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
25,832 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Red Cow Pen-y-bryn
Received 27 May 1998Rollers Arms High Street Southsea
Received 27 May 1998Yew Tree The Green Gresford
Received 27 May 1998Travellers Inn High Street Johnstown
Received 27 May 1998New Inn High Street Coedpoeth
Received 27 May 1998Railway Inn Railway Road Rhosddu
Received 27 May 1998Duke Of Wellington Duke Street Ruabon
Received 27 May 1998The Rofft C.P. School Claypit Lane Marford
Received 27 May 19982 Range Road Wrexham
Received 27 May 1998Bbc Wales Library And Arts Centre Rhosddu Road
Received 26 May 199895 Dean Road Wrexham
Received 22 May 199826 & 28 Grosvenor Road Wrexham
Received 21 May 199822 High Street Overton-on-dee
Received 19 May 199822 High Street Overton-on-dee
Received 19 May 1998Site Of Former Mount Zion Presbyterian C Top Road Gwersyllt
Received 20 May 1998Bryn Alyn Hall Pont-y-capel Lane Llay
Received 20 May 199811 Lord Street Wrexham
Received 20 May 1998Cae Gwydd Erbistock
Received 20 May 1998Eddystone House Aberderfyn Johnstown
Received 19 May 1998Clwyd Compounders Limited Gardden Industrial Estate Ruabon
Received 24 Mar 1998Land To The Rear Of 16 Maxwell Close (Ad Chester Road Gresford
Received 24 Mar 1998Land Adjoining Babken Engineering Limite Miners Road Llay
Received 24 Mar 1998Land Adjoining Babken Limited Miners Road Llay
Received 24 Mar 1998Land Adjacent To Babken Engineering Limi Miners Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay
Received 24 Mar 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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