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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25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park Lodge Hall Lane Rhos
Received 21 Feb 1997Lower Farm Llwyneinion Rhos
Received 19 Feb 1997Land Off Bersham Road/Foxwood Drive Wrexham
Received 19 Feb 1997The Orchard Isycoed
Received 19 Feb 1997Land Adjoining To Nags Head Bettisfield
Received 19 Feb 199733 Oak Drive Acton
Received 19 Feb 1997Colliers Park Training Ground Chester Road Gresford
Received 18 Feb 1997Newi Plas Coch Mold Road Wrexham
Received 18 Feb 1997Clock Tower Located At Newi Plas Coch Mold Road Wrexham
Received 18 Feb 1997120 Borras Road Wrexham
Received 26 Feb 1997122 Borras Road Wrexham
Received 26 Feb 1997The Beeches Redbrook Maelor
Received 14 Feb 1997Top Rank Club Brook Street Wrexham
Received 14 Feb 1997Playford Packaging Ash Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 14 Feb 1997Rossett Hall Hotel Chester Road Rossett
Received 13 Feb 19973 Heol Offa Coedpoeth
Received 13 Feb 1997Asda Store Eagles Meadow Wrexham
Received 12 Feb 1997C.H. Wason & Sons (Londis) 42-44 Salop Road Overton
Received 2 Jul 1996The Cottage Bronwylfa
Received 2 Jul 199611 Poplar Drive Marford
Received 2 Jul 1996Mountain View Brook Street Rhos
Received 10 Jun 199641 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 10 Jun 19966 Hanover Way Wrexham
Received 10 Jun 1996The Garage Darland Nant-y-gaer Road Llay
Received 1 Aug 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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