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
25,885 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At The Cottage School Lane Bronington Whitchurch
Received 13 Mar 1997The Nurseries Maes-y-waun Chirk
Received 5 Mar 1997Greystones Site Chester Road Wrexham
Received 4 Mar 1997Unit 22 Abenbury Way Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 4 Mar 1997Broad Oak Farm Nr. Whitchurch
Received 4 Mar 1997Bryn Newydd Hanmer
Received 4 Mar 1997Bryn Awelon Old Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 3 Mar 1997Sunny Acre Old Mold Road Gwersyllt
Received 3 Mar 1997Carlton Grange Grove Road
Received 24 Jan 1997Newton Lodge Fairy Road Wrexham
Received 24 Jan 199747/49 King Street Wrexham
Received 20 Jan 199796 Dean Road Wrexham
Received 20 Jan 199716 Trevalyn Way Rossett
Received 20 Jan 199714 Victoria Road Brynteg LL11 6ND
Received 20 Jan 1997The Foundry Pentre Season
Received 25 Mar 199758 Greengate Farm Coedpoeth
Received 25 Mar 199723 Tanat Way Wrexham
Received 25 Mar 199712 Church Street Rhostyllen
Received 24 Mar 1997Speed Six Rover Plas Acton Road
Received 24 Mar 1997Clays Farm Bryn Estyn Road Wrexham
Received 24 Mar 1997The Nurseries School Lane Bronington
Received 14 Mar 199710 Ffordd Cwm Coed-y-glyn
Received 28 Jan 199756/58 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 28 Jan 1997High Street Overton (West Side)
Received 18 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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