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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25,889 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Borras Quarry Borras Airfield Holt Road Wrexham
Received 21 Oct 19963 Celyn Close Summerhill
Received 21 Oct 1996Land At Highfield Road Highfield Gwersyllt
Received 10 Sept 1996Land At Stryt Las Johnstown
Received 10 Sept 1996Abbey Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 5 Sept 19963 Middle Road Coedpoeth
Received 6 Sept 199691 AND 93 Kingsmills Road Wrexham
Received 24 Jul 1996The Yale Hospital Croesnewydd Wrexham
Received 23 Jul 199645 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 20 Aug 199620-22 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 20 Aug 199614-16 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 20 Aug 1996Rear Of Gwynfa New Rhosrobin Wrexham
Received 19 Aug 19961 Church Cottages Pen-y-lan Ruabon
Received 19 Aug 1996Ocf Factory Bryn Lane Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 19 Aug 1996Sutton Lodge Isycoed Wrexham
Received 19 Aug 1996152 New Road Rhosddu
Received 19 Aug 1996Church Cottage High Street Overton-on-dee
Received 16 Aug 199616 Borras Road Wrexham
Received 21 Oct 1996Borras Park Evangelical Church Jeffreys Road Wrexham
Received 21 Oct 1996Tyddyn Daniel Bedwell Road Marchwiel
Received 21 Oct 1996Pentre Felin Barn Mill Lane Pen-y-cae
Received 14 Nov 1996The Courtyard Trevalyn Hall Chester Road Rossett
Received 12 Nov 1996Former Brymbo Sports And Social Club High Street Brymbo
Received 12 Nov 1996The Old Sun Inn Garth Hill Glyn Ceiriog
Received 14 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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