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
25,870 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Salem Congregational Church Colliery Road Bron-y-waun Chirk
Received 13 May 199728 Salop Road Overton
Received 13 May 199718 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 19 Jun 199714 Silver Birch Drive Gresford
Received 19 Jun 1997Chirk Fishery B4500 Between Castle Road And Castle Mill Chirk Wrexham LL14 5BL
Received 19 Jun 1997Rose Hill Erbistock Nr. Wrexham
Received 19 Jun 1997Rose Hill Erbistock Nr. Wrexham
Received 19 Jun 199737 High Street Coedpoeth
Received 19 Jun 1997Glyn Alyn Alyn Road Rossett
Received 9 May 1997Pendine Park (Bryn Bella) Summerhill Road Wrexham
Received 9 May 1997High Street Gresford
Received 9 May 1997Mount Street/Salop Road Wrexham
Received 16 Jun 1997Abbeyfield Day Nursery Courtaulds Textiles Bryn Lane Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 12 Jun 1997Part Of O.S. Field No. 5631 On A525 (South East Of The Buck) Worthenbury
Received 12 Jun 1997Minera Building Supplies Ruthin Road Minera
Received 16 Jul 1997Betws Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 12 Jun 1997Foundry House Penycae Road Ruabon
Received 12 Jun 1997Clays Farm Bryn Estyn Road Wrexham
Received 24 Mar 1997Cross Lanes Hotel Whitchurch Road Cross Lanes
Received 24 Mar 1997104 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 24 Mar 199739 Mount Street Wrexham
Received 24 Mar 1997Nanpoon Top Road Summerhill
Received 24 Mar 1997Yew Tree Farm Wrexham Road Holt
Received 24 Mar 1997Kenfig Place Plas Kynaston Lane Cefn Mawr
Received 18 Mar 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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