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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25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wynnstay Hall Ruabon
Received 6 Mar 1997Wynnstay Hall Ruabon
Received 6 Mar 1997Rose Villa Isycoed
Received 3 Mar 199720 Ansell Road Plas Goulbourne
Received 3 Mar 199711 Gredington Close Plas Goulbourne
Received 3 Mar 19974 Ffordd Madoc Wrexham
Received 3 Mar 1997Former Island Green Brewery Wrexham
Received 3 Mar 1997Land And Buildings At Former Island Gree Wrexham
Received 3 Mar 199789 Smithy Lane Wrexham
Received 27 Feb 1997St. Marys Church Yard Overton
Received 27 Feb 1997Cross Stores The Cross Holt
Received 27 Feb 1997Tyre Trend Railway Road Rhosddu
Received 27 Feb 1997Land At Rear Of Lloyd Morris Electrical Pandy Industrial Estate
Received 26 Feb 199770 Maes-y-waun Chirk
Received 26 Feb 1997Sundawn Berse Road
Received 26 Feb 1997Holly Cottage Glascoed Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 26 Feb 1997Mountain View Fronheulog Hill Bwlchgwyn
Received 26 Feb 1997Wrexham Industrial Estate Ash Road South Wrehxam
Received 26 Feb 199720 KINGSMILLS ROAD AND Adjoining Land Wrexham
Received 4 Mar 19975 Ffordd Garmonydd Smithy Lane
Received 26 Feb 1997Land Adjoining No 1 Ivanhoe Willow Street Overton
Received 24 Feb 1997Land Off Esless Road Rhostyllen
Received 24 Feb 199756 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 24 Feb 1997Land Adjacent To 63 Chestnut Avenue Summerhill
Received 24 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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