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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
25,860 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Kingstown Glan Garth Wrexham (Adjacent To No. 18 Gl
Received 5 Sept 19972 Bryn Hyfryd Nant Parc Johnstown
Received 1 Sept 199744 Pentre Street Llay
Received 29 Aug 1997Craig-y-don Coed Efa Lane Pentre Broughton
Received 8 Aug 1997Land Adj. To Metal Box Mold Road Gwersyllt
Received 4 Apr 1996Plot 4 Clywedog Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 4 Apr 1996Employment Land Adj. To Metal Box Mold Road Gwersyllt
Received 4 Apr 199636 Hall Street Pen-y-cae
Received 4 Apr 1996Beechmount Marford Hill Marford
Received 3 Apr 19965 Bangor Road Johnstown
Received 3 Apr 1996Nant Clwyd Farm Minera
Received 3 Apr 19963 Merlyn Street Johnstown
Received 2 Apr 1996Pen-y-bryn Dolywern Llangollen
Received 2 Apr 1996Lloyds Bank Plc. 28 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 2 Apr 1996Unit 16 Vauxhall Industrial Estate Ruabon
Received 2 Apr 1996Land At Mostyn Road/Middle Road Coedpoeth
Received 1 Apr 1996Land At Marchwiel Hall Estate Marchwiel
Received 1 Apr 19962 Longview Road Pentre Broughton
Received 1 Apr 1996Bank House School Lane Bronington
Received 1 Apr 1996Land To The Rear Of 'The Cafe' Church Street Chirk
Received 1 Apr 199615/17 Hill Street Wrexham
Received 1 Apr 199657 Wats Dyke Way Garden Village
Received 1 Apr 1996Scruffy Murphy's (Formerly The Commercia College Street Wrexham
Received 1 Apr 1996Scruffy Murphys (Formerly The Commercial) College Street Wrexham
Received 1 Apr 1996Records 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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