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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25,889 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 23 Jul 19961 Hanmer Close Overton
Received 23 Jul 1996Ball's Hall Burton Road Rossett
Received 23 Jul 1996Marford Hall Marford Hill
Received 23 Jul 1996Rear Of Trevor Arms Hotel Marford
Received 23 Jul 1996Buildings No. 509 & 520 Flexys Rubber Chemicals Li Ruabon Works Cefn Mawr
Received 3 Dec 1996Ysgol Bodhyfryd Bryn-y-cabanau Road
Received 3 Dec 1996Rossett Hall Hotel Limited Chester Road Rossett
Received 2 Dec 1996Land Adjacent To Rhostyllen Roundabout
Received 29 Nov 1996Papermill Cottage Y Ddol Bersham
Received 29 Nov 1996The Paddock Melyd Avenue & Ffordd Pentre Johnstown
Received 29 Nov 1996Rossett Church Car Park Station Road Rossett
Received 28 Nov 199692 Dean Road Wrexham
Received 28 Nov 1996Land At Fronheulog Hill Bwlchgwyn
Received 27 Nov 1996Bridge Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 27 Nov 1996Maes-y-coed Bedwell Road Cross Lanes
Received 27 Nov 1996Land Adjacent To 1 Sunnyside New Road Rhosddu
Received 27 Nov 1996Unit 4 Spectrum Industrial Estate Wrexham
Received 25 Oct 199647 Ffordd Garmonydd Off Smithy Lane
Received 24 Oct 1996Roselands Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 23 Oct 1996Byways Chester Road Rossett Wrexham
Received 23 Oct 1996The Golden Lion High Street Wrexham
Received 23 Oct 1996The Golden Lion High Street Wrexham
Received 23 Oct 1996Land Bounded By Abenbury Way,hugmore Lan Bryn Estyn Road Wrexham
Received 22 Oct 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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