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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25,847 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Do It All Store Holt Road Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 1997Rhyd Broughton Lane Wrexham
Received 14 Nov 1997Golygfa Station Road Trevor
Received 24 Nov 1997Griffin Inn Trevalyn Allington Rossett Wrexham
Received 14 Nov 1997Bryn Issa Vicarage Road Gresford
Received 5 Feb 19985 Nant Lais Minera
Received 5 Feb 1998Riversdale Cae Gwilym Lane Newbridge
Received 3 Feb 1998Bryn-y-pys Estate Argoed Lane Overton
Received 12 Aug 19979 High Street Ruabon
Received 26 Jun 1997Unit 3 Iscoyd Park
Received 26 Jun 1997Do It All Store Holt Street Wrexham
Received 22 Dec 199753 St. David's Crescent Llay Nr. Wrexham
Received 18 Nov 199736 Mayflower Drive Marford
Received 18 Nov 199720 Broughton Road Lodge
Received 17 Nov 199742 Ffordd Glyn Coed-y-glyn
Received 27 Jan 1998Japonica Chester Road Rossett
Received 27 Jan 1998Land Adjoining The Grange Plas Bennion Road Pen-y-cae
Received 27 Jan 1998Gardden Lodge Landfill Site Tatham Road Ruabon
Received 27 Jan 1998Chy Kernow Ffordd Uchaf Gwynfryn
Received 27 Jan 1998Land Adjacent To Bwth Farm New Brighton Minera
Received 15 Dec 199772 Park Wall Road Bradley
Received 9 Dec 1997Althrey Cottage Overton Road Bangor-on-dee
Received 9 Dec 199746/47 Peris Plas Madoc Acrefair Wrexham
Received 23 Oct 1997Rowan Foods Limited Ash Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 23 Oct 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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