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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
25,868 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,609 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 30 Sept 1997The Racecourse Bangor-on-dee
Received 30 Sept 1997Brynkinalt Hall Chirk
Received 29 Sept 1997Former Railway Goods Yard Minera
Received 29 Sept 1997Land Off Wrexham Road New Broughton
Received 29 Sept 1997Broughton Road Garage Broughton Road Wrexham
Received 29 Sept 1997Tsb Bank Priory Street Wrexham
Received 30 Sept 1997Holt Lodge Hotel Wrexham Road Holt
Received 30 Sept 1997Land Adjacent To Rossett Hall Farm Chester Road Rossett
Received 26 Sept 1997Danesfield Wrexham Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 26 Sept 1997Darnau Field Glascoed Road Bwlchgwyn Wrexham
Received 26 Sept 1997The Bungalow Plas-y-wern Ruabon
Received 26 Sept 199736 Marcella Crescent Marchwiel
Received 26 Sept 1997Kwik Save Precinct Fish Bar Gwersyllt
Received 26 Sept 1997Unit D Plas Coch Wrexham
Received 10 Oct 1997Royal Bank Of Scotland 13 Lord Street Wrexham
Received 19 Sept 1997Cadbury Limited Station Avenue Chirk
Received 19 Sept 1997Cross Foxes Inn Overton Bridge Overton-on-dee
Received 19 Sept 1997Bryn-y-cabanau Farm Erddig Wrexham
Received 19 Sept 1997102 Whalleys Way Plas Madoc
Received 17 Sept 1997Dininlle Barns Rhos-y-madoc Ruabon
Received 17 Sept 1997Wyffydd Pen-y-lan Ruabon
Received 17 Sept 1997Wyffydd Pen-y-lan Ruabon
Received 17 Sept 19972 Bates Cottages Marchwiel
Received 17 Sept 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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