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25,860 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Hut Grove Road Wrexham
Received 14 Nov 199727 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 13 Nov 19971 Winchester Way Gresford Park Gresford
Received 13 Nov 1997Land Within Curtilage Of Glan-y-wern Pontfadog Llangollen
Received 12 Nov 1997Pentre Clawdd Farm Ruabon
Received 12 Nov 1997Land Adjacent To 16 Wynnstay Lane Marford
Received 10 Nov 1997Maes-y-llan Wrexham Road Marchwiel
Received 14 Jul 199716 Ceiriog Close Chirk
Received 25 Jul 1997Ysgol Gynradd Llanarmon D.c
Received 11 Jul 1997The Bungalow Llwynenion Road Legacy
Received 11 Jul 1997Belfort House Bryn-y-gaer Road Moss
Received 11 Jul 1997Land Adjacent To Metal Box Factory And A Mold Road Gwersyllt
Received 10 Jul 1997Randles Rise Marford Hill Marford Wrexham
Received 24 Jul 1997101 Cae Gabriel Penycae
Received 23 Jul 1997Bron Haul Wesley Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 22 Jul 19971 Market Street Wrexham
Received 10 Jul 199749 Hill Street Brynteg
Received 10 Jul 1997Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Llangollen Road Acrefair
Received 9 Jul 1997Rear Of 9 Coed-y-nant Penycae
Received 8 Jul 1997St. Marys Churchyard Chirk
Received 8 Jul 1997Land Adjoining Bryn Eglwys Fach Castle Road Chirk
Received 8 Jul 1997Islwyn Chapel Street Acrefair
Received 8 Jul 1997Land Adjacent To Pant Cottage Quarry Brow Gresford
Received 8 Jul 1997Plot Nos. 1-4,land At The Paddock Nant Parc Johnstown
Received 8 Jul 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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