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25,860 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Esless Road Rhostyllen
Received 8 Aug 1997Stringers Stringers Lane Burton Green Rossett
Received 8 Aug 1997Plas Lleucu Glyn Ceiriog
Received 2 Oct 1997Nos. 22 23 & 24 West View Chirk
Received 1 Oct 1997Building Plot Adjacent To 'High Trees' Dean Road
Received 1 Oct 199715 Sunnyridge Avenue Marford
Received 21 Aug 1997Sun Bank Tallwrn Road Legacy
Received 21 Aug 1997Dupont Syton Flexys Cefn Mawr
Received 21 Aug 1997Dickens Of Wrexham Croesfoel Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 20 Aug 1997Llay Main Colliery Tip Llay Road Llay
Received 20 Aug 1997Land Adjoining Broadoaks Dean Road
Received 20 Aug 19973 Ffordd Owain Off Smithy Lane
Received 19 Aug 1997Wrexham Training Felin Puleston Ruabon Road Wrexham
Received 19 Aug 1997Oak Tree Ruabon Road
Received 19 Aug 199714 Coed Efa New Broughton
Received 18 Aug 1997Unit A Plas Coch Retail Park Wrexham
Received 22 Oct 1997Pickhill Cottage Pickhill Wrexham
Received 22 Oct 1997Berwyn House Stores High Street Glyn Ceiriog
Received 22 Oct 19973 & 4 Highfield Station Road Pentre Broughton Wrexham
Received 22 Oct 199717 Ffordd-y-gaer Bradley
Received 22 Oct 199748 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 21 Oct 19973 Farm View Cross Lanes Marchwiel
Received 21 Oct 1997High Street And Hall Street Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 21 Oct 1997Maes Lewis Knolton Overton Wrexham
Received 21 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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