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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
25,889 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 6 Sept 19963 Chester Road Gresford
Received 3 Oct 1996Natwest Bank 33 Lord Street Wrexham
Received 4 Jul 1996Oak Cottage Wallington Lane Worthenbury
Received 4 Jul 1996Trefn Engineering Ltd. Rackery Lane Llay
Received 4 Jul 1996Kronospan Holyhead Road Chirk
Received 10 Dec 199661 Erddig Road Wrexham
Received 9 Dec 1996Chequer Chapel Chequer Bronington
Received 9 Dec 1996Chequer Chapel Chequer Bronington
Received 9 Dec 1996Holly Bank Farm New Hall Lane Bronington
Received 9 Dec 1996The Homestead Day Nursery Old Wrexham Road Gresford
Received 9 Dec 1996Llwyn Onn Works Cefn Road Wrexham
Received 9 Dec 1996Ash Road South Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 9 Dec 1996Little Chef Restaurant A483 Slip Road Rhostyllen
Received 5 Dec 1996Bryn Yr Eithin Farm Blast Road Cefn Y Bedd
Received 5 Dec 1996Wrexham A.F.c Training Centre Chester Road Gresford
Received 5 Dec 1996The Grange Moss Valley Nr. Wrexham
Received 5 Dec 1996Carthagena Farm Vicarage Lane Gresford
Received 19 Jul 19962 Victoria Road Coedpoeth
Received 17 Jul 1996Country Market Holt
Received 17 Jul 1996Well House Farm Sarn
Received 17 Jun 1996(In Retrospect) Plot 21 Orchard Gardens Garden Village Wrexham
Received 13 Jun 1996Kilhendre Old Wrexham Road Gresford
Received 13 Jun 1996Ley Farm Bryncynnalt Chirk
Received 24 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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