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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
25,885 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Cottage Eyton
Received 18 Mar 1997Bryn Hall Farm Knolton Overton-on-dee
Received 18 Mar 1997Corner Cottage Smokey Lane Iscoyd
Received 24 Mar 1997School Of Art & Design Regent Street Wrexham
Received 16 Apr 1997The Groves High School Penymaes Avenue Wrexham
Received 20 Mar 1997Brooklands Pant Hill Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 20 Mar 19971 Lichfield Close Plas Goulbourne
Received 20 Mar 1997Former Bryn-y-pys Estate Office Peel Close Overton
Received 20 Mar 1997Former Bryn-y-pys Estate Office Peel Close Overton
Received 24 Mar 1997New Plantation Moss Lane Hanmer
Received 20 Mar 1997Travis Perkins Ruabon Road Afon Goch Ruabon
Received 20 Mar 1997The Cottage Moss Road
Received 20 Mar 19972 Corner Cottage Allington
Received 20 Mar 1997Plot Of Land Off South View Chester Road Gresford
Received 20 Mar 1997Bryn Rodyn Bronygarth Oswestry
Received 20 Mar 1997School Of Art And Design Regent Stret Wrexham
Received 19 Mar 1997U.K. Waste Recycling Services Abbey Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 19 Mar 1997Kings Mill Hotel Kingsmills Road Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 1997Lego Estates Limited Ruthin Road Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 199716 Bridge Street Wrexham
Received 7 Apr 1997West Bank Tiles West Bank Road Llay Industrial Estate Llay
Received 3 Apr 1997Cornerways High Street Pentre Broughton
Received 2 Apr 1997Island Green Wrexham
Received 1 Apr 199731 Wrexham Road Brynteg
Received 24 Dec 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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