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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25,847 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent To The North Western Bound Ruabon (Also in Ruabon Community)
Received 12 Mar 19989 High Street Ruabon
Received 12 Mar 199814 Morgan Avenue Rhosddu
Received 13 Feb 1998The Orchards Pisgah Hill Pentre Broughton
Received 13 Feb 19985 Kings Oak Court Kings Mills
Received 12 Feb 199816 Denbigh Close Borras
Received 12 Feb 1998Illbruck Limited Croesfoel Industrial Park Rhostyllen
Received 12 Feb 199820 Kings Oak Court Kings Mills
Received 10 Feb 1998Boxmore Healthcare Labels Wrexham Technology Park
Received 6 Apr 1998The Stables Gatewen Road New Broughton
Received 2 Apr 1998Mount Zion Farm Pool Road Brymbo
Received 6 Apr 1998Lodge Farm Halton Chirk
Received 2 Apr 1998Lodge Farm Halton Chirk
Received 6 Apr 1998Entrance Of Peoples Market Chester Street Wrexham
Received 30 Mar 1998Land Adjacent To Bank House Cadney Lane Bettisfield
Received 30 Mar 1998Yew Tree Farm Old Hall Hanmer
Received 25 Mar 199865 Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 25 Mar 19988 Pen-y-bont Trevor
Received 25 Mar 1998Foxwood Drive Off Bersham Road
Received 24 Mar 1998Pen-y-bryn Llanarmon D.c
Received 24 Mar 1998Rhyd Broughton Veterinary Centre Berse Road Wrexham
Received 3 Mar 1998Site Of Former Plas Power Colliery Southsea
Received 3 Mar 199832 Chestnut Avenue Summerhill
Received 3 Mar 19983 Percy Road Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 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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