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
25,860 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Jul 19976 Tanydre Wrexham
Received 17 Jul 1997Oak Cottage Sontley Wrexham
Received 25 Jun 1997The Bungalow 2 Bennions Road Wrexham
Received 13 Oct 1997Odeon Cinema Plas Coch
Received 14 Oct 1997Fibrax Limited Queensway Wrexham
Received 13 Oct 1997Warehouse Market Street
Received 10 Oct 1997W.D. Stant Ltd. Rivulet Road Wrexham
Received 10 Oct 1997Hanmer Post Office Hanmer
Received 13 Oct 1997Bank Farm Bronington
Received 5 Sept 1997Hoya Lens U.K. Limited Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 5 Sept 199717 Yale Walk Mold Road
Received 5 Sept 1997Tan-y-garth Farm Pontfadog Llangollen
Received 31 Jul 19974 Queen Street Wrexham
Received 31 Jul 1997Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Stockwell Grove
Received 31 Jul 19973 Cae'R Llan Ruabon
Received 31 Jul 1997Llinos Off Duke Street Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 31 Jul 1997Llay Garage Shones Lane Llay
Received 31 Jul 1997Land Adjoining Ffordd Powell Berse Road Caego
Received 20 Nov 1997The Old Gate House Park Street Ruabon
Received 19 Nov 1997Regent Service Station Regent Street Wrexham
Received 17 Nov 1997Land Bounded By Henblas Street And Lambpit Street Wrexham
Received 14 Nov 199755 Heol y Waen Bradley Wrexham LL114BP
Received 13 Nov 1997The Stables Bettisfield Park Estate Hanmer
Received 13 Nov 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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