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
25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26,28 & 30 GROSVENOR ROAD AND 25 & 27 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 16 Jan 199726,28 & 30 GROSVENOR ROAD AND 25 & 27 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 16 Jan 199731 Birkdale Road Fairways Borras Wrexham
Received 14 Jan 19973 Park View Lane End Penley
Received 14 Jan 1997Selemar House Green Road Brymbo
Received 14 Jan 1997Chanticleers Bwlchgwyn
Received 13 Jan 1997The Old Smithy High Street Coedpoeth
Received 13 Jan 1997Overton Tennis Club St. Mary's Avenue Overton
Received 13 Jan 1997St. Mary's House 14 High Street Overton
Received 26 Nov 199612 Dee Court Bangor-on-dee
Received 26 Nov 199618 Cae Gabriel Pen-y-cae
Received 26 Nov 1996Land Adjacent To Wilber Coed Efa Lane Brynteg
Received 26 Nov 1996Old Hall Farm Lower Bithels Lane Summerhill
Received 25 Nov 1996Land At Marford Hill
Received 22 Nov 1996Higher Hall Bowling Bank
Received 22 Nov 1996Penley Hall Industrial Estate Penley
Received 22 Nov 19961-2 Imperial Buildings King Street
Received 22 Nov 1996Part Of 9/11 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 19967 -8 Queen Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 19967 - 8 Queen Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 19969 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 19969 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 20 Nov 1996Bridge Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 20 Nov 1996Units E & F Spectrum Business Park Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 20 Nov 1996Records 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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