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
25,887 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage Pleasant Lane Brymbo
Received 19 Nov 1996ADJACENT TO Nestledown Rogers Lane Gwersyllt
Received 23 Dec 1996Waterways Discount Garden Centre Chester Road Lavister Rossett LL12 0DF
Received 23 Dec 1996Willow Cottage Tallarn Green Malpas
Received 23 Dec 199612 Lincoln Close Wrexham
Received 23 Dec 19961 Pwll Y Go Cottage Coedpoeth
Received 12 Nov 19962 The Cottages New Hall Lane Bronington
Received 12 Nov 199618 Central Arcade Wrexham
Received 12 Nov 1996Church Cottage Isycoed
Received 8 Oct 1996The Grapes Public House Maelor Road Johnstown
Received 8 Oct 1996Silver Birches Mulsford Sarn Nr. Malpas
Received 8 Oct 1996Tregeiriog Farmhouse Tregeiriog Llangollen
Received 4 Oct 1996Hope View Hand Lane Ponciau Wrexham
Received 4 Oct 1996Land Off Bersham Road Rhostyllen (To The Rear Of Nos
Received 4 Oct 1996140 Borras Road Wrexham
Received 10 Sept 19963 Church Street Holt
Received 7 Aug 199610 Coed-y-nant Coed-y-glyn
Received 7 Aug 19967 Church Street Rhos
Received 2 Sept 1996The Cafe Redbrook
Received 30 Aug 199627 High Street Pentre Broughton
Received 30 Aug 1996Greenfields Millbrook Lane Bangor-on-dee
Received 23 Aug 1996Bryn Moyle Wrexham Road Marchwiel Wrexham
Received 23 Aug 1996Rose Cottage Bottom Road Summerhill
Received 23 Aug 1996Land Adjacent To Redholm Plas Kynaston Lane Cefn Mawr
Received 6 Sept 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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