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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25,885 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Derby Villa Isycoed
Received 17 Feb 1997Land Adjoining Elsworth Cerney Road Moss Nr. Wrexham
Received 17 Feb 1997Brithdir Bwlchgwyn
Received 31 Dec 1996Ashgrove Nursing Home Chester Road Gresford
Received 31 Dec 1996Lodge Cottage Drury Lane Ty Broughton
Received 31 Dec 1996Rhosddu Industrial Estate Rhosddu Wrexham
Received 13 Dec 1996Ruthin Road Wrexham
Received 13 Dec 1996Land At Hermitage Park Off Stockwell Grove
Received 13 Dec 1996Outbuildings At Sharvin Courtyard Cottag Bryn Estyn Lane Wrexham
Received 16 Dec 1996Caia Park Centre Prince Charles Road Wrexham
Received 13 Dec 199636/37 High Street Wrexham
Received 11 Dec 1996Land Adjoining School House Cross Lanes
Received 14 Oct 1996Penisar Glyn Farm Bron-y-garth
Received 14 Oct 1996Land Off Colliery Road Chirk
Received 14 Oct 199619 Bryn Estyn Road Wrexham
Received 7 Aug 19966 Egerton Walk Wrexham
Received 9 Oct 1996Croft House Horsemans Green
Received 8 Oct 1996Cefn Park Wrexham
Received 20 Dec 199619 Darland Lane Rossett
Received 20 Dec 1996Apollo Buildings Brook Street Wrexham
Received 19 Dec 19962 Woodlands Road Marford
Received 14 Oct 1996Land Off Bersham Road/Foxwood Drive Wrexham
Received 12 Nov 199637-39 St. George's Crescent Wrexham
Received 12 Nov 1996Adjacent To The Old Orchard Sunnyridge Avenue Marford
Received 1 Jul 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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