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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25,883 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Level Cottage Summerhill
Received 1 Apr 1997Eversley House Pen-y-palmant Road Minera
Received 1 Apr 19975 The Stableyard Overton
Received 3 Apr 1997Hill Farm Penley Road Overton
Received 27 Mar 1997The Bungalow Henblas Road Rhostyllen
Received 27 Mar 19972 Ffordd Morganwg Rhosddu
Received 1 Apr 1997Land To The Rear Of Oakmere Horseman's Green
Received 1 Apr 199755 Summerfields Esless Park Rhostyllen
Received 1 Apr 1997Bangor-on-dee Racecourse
Received 3 Mar 1997The Windings Ffrwd Valley Brymbo
Received 27 Mar 1997Corner Of Green Road & Queens Road Brymbo
Received 14 Feb 1997Land At Junction Of Marford Hill And Hoseley Lane Marford
Received 10 Jun 1997Stansty Park Mold Road
Received 10 Jun 19974 Central Buildings Market Square Llay
Received 10 Jun 1997Lodge Farm Commonwood Holt
Received 9 Jun 1997Lodge Farm Commonwood Holt
Received 9 Jun 1997The Treehouse Woodlands Road Marford
Received 9 Jun 1997108 Cefndre Wrexham
Received 9 Jun 199731 Westminster Drive Wrexham
Received 11 Jul 1997Ruabon Constitutional Club Park Road Ruabon
Received 6 Jun 1997Ruabon Constitutional Club Park Road Ruabon
Received 6 Jun 1997Penrhos Engine House Brymbo Road
Received 6 Jun 19973 Hafan Deg Coedpoeth
Received 6 Jun 1997Land To The Rear Of Fernlea Bottom Road Summerhill
Received 6 Jun 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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