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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
25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent To Cadney Lane Bettisfield
Received 31 Jul 1996Trevor Arms Hotel Marford
Received 31 Jul 1996St. Christopher's School Holt Road Wrexham
Received 27 Jun 1996Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Stockwell Grove
Received 27 Jun 1996Cambrian House Off Croesnewydd Road Wrexham
Received 27 Jun 1996The Cotttage Fenns Bank Fenns Wood
Received 5 Nov 1996The Beeches Farm Redbrook
Received 5 Nov 1996Deeside Aluminium Bridge Road Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 5 Nov 1996The Cottage Borras Lane Wrexham
Received 5 Sept 1996Land Adjoining 48 Park Street Rhosddu
Received 3 Sept 1996Land Off Barons Road Wrexham
Received 3 Sept 1996The Cottage Church Street Holt
Received 3 Sept 19968 Hafan Deg Coedpoeth
Received 2 Sept 199654 Church Street Rhos
Received 2 Sept 1996Cae-li-cae Willington
Received 27 Jun 1996128 Pont Adam Crescent Ruabon
Received 27 Jun 1996Orchard Croft Pickhill
Received 26 Jun 1996Land Off Wrexham Road New Broughton
Received 31 Jul 19966 Field View Wrexham
Received 30 Jul 1996Gate Hangs High Public House Rhosnesni Lane Wrexham
Received 30 Jul 199633 Cae Glas Coedpoeth
Received 3 Feb 1997En-casa Waen Road Coedpoeth
Received 3 Feb 1997Park Lane Kennels Moss View Farm Parkside Rossett
Received 3 Feb 199776 Bryn Hedd Southsea
Received 30 Jan 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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