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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
25,870 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newi Plas Coch Mold Road Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 1997Ground Floor Of 46 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 1997Madeira Hill Wrexham
Received 13 Jan 199719 Maes Madoc Acrefair
Received 10 Jan 1997Land Opposite The Forestry Enterprise Halton Chirk
Received 10 Jan 1997Pen-y-cae Reservoir
Received 12 May 1997Plot 8,land Opposite New Houses Pentre Chirk
Received 9 May 1997Flexsys Rubber Chemicals Limited Ruabon Works Cefn Mawr. (Also in Cefn M
Received 9 May 199725 Derby Road Brynteg
Received 9 May 1997Miners Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay
Received 9 May 199720 Town Hill Wrexham
Received 9 May 1997Hugmore Lane Llanypwll
Received 2 Jul 1997Ddol Hir Caravan Park Pandy Glyn Ceiriog
Received 2 Jul 199763/64 Tan-y-coed Abenbury Road (Within Grassed Area in
Received 2 Jul 1997Yale College Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 2 Jul 1997Land At Bettisfield Boats Bridge House Canalside Bettisfield, Whitchurch
Received 8 Jul 199740 Chestnut Avenue Summerhill
Received 2 Jul 1997Yale College Bersham Road Wrexham
Received 1 Jul 19971 Bron-y-gamlas Pontcysyllte, Llangollen
Received 1 Jul 1997Treetops Park Road Rhosymedre Wrexham
Received 1 Jul 1997Unit 1 Park Road Industrial Estate Park Road Rhosymedre Wrexham
Received 1 Jul 19978 Ty Gwyn Plas Acton
Received 1 Jul 199715B Salisbury Road Wrexham
Received 1 Jul 1997Ty Celyn Percy Road
Received 1 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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