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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25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shady Oaks Higher Penley
Received 3 Feb 1997Fron Heulog Farm Bwlchgwyn
Received 28 Jan 1997Land Adjoining Wayside Talwrn Green
Received 28 Jan 1997Kingstown Glan Garth
Received 4 Feb 1997Land At Strathalyn Nursing Home Alyn Park Llay Road Rossett
Received 14 Nov 1996Premises Off Quarry Road Pentre Broughton
Received 14 Nov 19962 Mammoth Grove Hall Street Penycae
Received 13 Nov 1996Marford Hall Marford Hill
Received 12 Nov 1996Hollybush Garage Glanllyn Road Bradley
Received 12 Nov 199612 Roft Close Saxon Park Gwersyllt
Received 28 Jan 19971-3 Town Hill Wrexham
Received 28 Jan 199715 Fennant Road Ponciau
Received 24 Jan 199736 Market Street Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 24 Jan 1997Norish Food Care Ash Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 24 Jan 1997South Of Wrexham Town Centre Between A52
Received 24 Jan 1997Miners Institute Broad Street Rhosllanerchrugog
Received 24 Jan 1997Miners Institute Broad Street Rhos
Received 24 Jan 1997Rose Cottage Little Green Bronington Nr. Whitchurch
Received 24 Jan 199761 Gerald Street Wrexham
Received 24 Jan 1997Site Of Former Laburnam Cottage Off Nant-y-gaer Road Llay
Received 24 Jan 1997The Clubhouse Pen-y-cae Golf Club Ruabon Road
Received 20 Jan 1997Plas Madoc Leisure Centre Llangollen Road Acrefair
Received 20 Jan 1997Land Adjoining Stansfield House Barkers Lane Borras
Received 16 Jan 1997Chapel Premises Dodds Lane Gwersyllt
Received 16 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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