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
25,883 approved · 2,109 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Dec 1996Land To Rear Of Beechmount And Adjacent Marford Hill
Received 13 Dec 1996Former Newi Campus Box Lane Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 1997Former Newi Campus Box Lane Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 19977 Church Court (Also Known As 1 Y Groes) Salisbury Road
Received 22 Apr 1997Fair Winds Waen Road Coedpoeth
Received 12 May 1997Blue Cedars Pentre Lane Gresford
Received 12 May 199729 Moss Hill
Received 12 May 19975 Marcella Crescent Marchwiel
Received 26 Mar 1997Mount Pleasant Farm Talwrn Road Coedpoeth
Received 26 Mar 1997The Plough Inn Chester Road Gresford
Received 26 Mar 1997Land Off Roselands Court Chester Road Lavister
Received 30 Apr 1997Hollycroft Cross Lanes Marchwiel
Received 30 Apr 1997The Old Shop Eyton
Received 30 Apr 1997Wrexham Musical Theatre Society Salop Road Wrexham
Received 30 Apr 199799 Church View Chirk
Received 30 Apr 1997Wrexham Lager Sports & Social Club Union Road Wrexham
Received 29 Apr 1997The Lodge Bryn Malley Moss
Received 29 Apr 1997Beverley Eldon Grove Rhostyllen
Received 29 Apr 19979 Park Road Coedpoeth
Received 29 Apr 1997Halton Mission Church Chirk
Received 29 Apr 1997Darland Hall Farm Lavister
Received 29 Apr 1997Halton Mission Church Chirk
Received 29 Apr 1997Land At Station Road Rossett
Received 29 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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