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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
25,883 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryn-y-pys Arms Overton
Received 21 Oct 199629/31 Hightown Road Wrexham
Received 18 Nov 1996Duckington Area Isycoed
Received 15 Nov 199621A Pen-y-bryn Wrexham
Received 14 Nov 1996Land At Smithfield Green Holt
Received 14 Nov 1996BETWEEN HOLT ROAD AND Erlas Lane Wrexham
Received 13 Dec 1996Trawler Fish Bar North Road Ponciau
Received 13 Dec 199636 Acton Gate Wrexham
Received 13 Dec 1996Strathalyn Nursing Home Alyn Park Llay Road Rossett
Received 19 May 1997Land Bounded By Clappers Lane,chester Ro High Street Gresford
Received 19 May 1997Land Bounded By Clappers Lane,chester Ro High Street Gresford
Received 19 May 1997Field Adjacent To Sycamore House Wrexham Road Holt
Received 12 Feb 1997Lewis News Agents Chester Road Rossett
Received 21 Feb 199714 High Street Ruabon
Received 12 Feb 1997Talygarth Cottage Dolywern Llangollen
Received 17 Apr 1997Stablegates Housing Development High Street Johnstown
Received 19 May 1997Land Off Linden Avenue Lodgevale Park Chirk
Received 21 May 1997Cytec Aerospace Limited Abenbury Way Wrexham Industrial Es
Received 13 May 199714 Chester Road Wrexham
Received 12 May 1997The Croft High Street Gresford
Received 28 May 1997Bryn Newydd Cottage Rock Lane Halghton Bangor-on-dee
Received 12 Feb 1997Bos Automotive Products Unit S4 Clywedog Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 12 Feb 19975 Sunnyridge Avenue Marford
Received 7 Feb 1997Windy Ridge Legacy
Received 1 Apr 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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