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25,832 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 New Hall Road Ruabon
Received 24 Mar 1998THELEMA HORSEMANS GREEN HORSEMANS GREEN SHROPSHIRE SY133DY
Received 16 Mar 1998U.K. Waste Recycling Services Abbey Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 16 Mar 1998U.K. Waste Recycling Services Abbey Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 16 Mar 1998Bryth Dier Bwlchgwyn
Received 19 Mar 1998White Hart Inn High Street Pentre Broughton Wrexham LL116AG
Received 19 Mar 1998132 Pont Adam Ruabon
Received 19 Mar 19985 Kings Oak Court Kings Mills
Received 19 Mar 1998Delfan New Road Glyn Ceiriog
Received 18 Mar 1998Maelor Creamery Marchwiel
Received 18 Mar 1998Cobham Cottage Is-y-coed
Received 17 Apr 199844 Chester Road Wrexham
Received 14 Apr 1998British Legion Club Site Beech Street Gwersyllt
Received 9 Apr 19982 Railway Terrace Ruabon
Received 23 Dec 1997Derwenfa Vicarage Hill Rhostyllen Wrexham
Received 23 Dec 199723 Heol Dirion Coedpoeth
Received 22 Dec 1997Nant Ucha Farm Garth Llangollen
Received 19 Dec 1997Rozelle New Hall Lane Bronington Whitchurch
Received 17 Dec 19979 Penymaes Avenue Wrexham
Received 16 Dec 1997Laburnum Cottage Sarn Malpas
Received 27 Nov 1997Land Off Station Road & Graig Lane Bangor-on-dee
Received 27 Nov 1997Crymbal Farm Crab Tree Green Eyton
Received 27 Nov 199724 Charles Street Wrexham
Received 2 Dec 199744 Pentre Street Llay
Received 8 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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