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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
25,885 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land Adjacent To Highfields Chirk Green Chirk
Received 18 Dec 199688 Jeffreys Road Wrexham
Received 17 Dec 1996Hillcrest Lightwood Green Overton
Received 19 Dec 19963 Maesgwyn Road Wrexham
Received 19 Dec 1996Garden Of Rest Ruthin Road Wrexham
Received 19 Dec 1996Hyfrydle Old Road Dolywern
Received 7 Feb 1997Land At Hafod Y Bwch Farm Ruabon
Received 7 Feb 1997Wrexham Industrial Estate Ash Road South Wrexham
Received 4 Feb 1997Land Adjoining The Willows Station Road Bangor-on-dee
Received 16 Oct 199614 Castle Crescent Chirk
Received 15 Oct 1996Wrexham Motor Auctions Redwither Road Wrexham Industrial Est Wrexham
Received 15 Oct 199624 Abbot Street Wrexham
Received 15 Oct 199655 Mold Road Wrexham
Received 15 Oct 1996Belle Vue Wrexham
Received 14 Oct 19964 Acton Gardens Wrexham
Received 7 Aug 1996Wern Tower Isaf Pont Fadog Llangollen
Received 16 Jul 1996Ashgrove Nursing Home Chester Road Gresford
Received 16 Jul 1996Yale College Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 10 Mar 19979 Trinity Street Wrexham
Received 10 Mar 199744-46 Bridge Street Wrexham
Received 10 Mar 1997H.H. Wardle (Metals) Limited Fenns Bank Bronington
Received 12 Feb 199712 Poplar Drive Marford
Received 12 Feb 1997Units 4 And 5 Colliery Road Chirk
Received 12 Feb 1997Corner House Farm Parkside Rossett
Received 10 Feb 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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