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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25,889 approved · 2,111 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St. David's High School Rhosnesni Lane Wrexham
Received 4 Nov 19962 Ffordd Mon Rhosddu
Received 4 Nov 1996The Racecourse Bangor-on-dee
Received 4 Nov 1996Oteley House Salisbury Road Wrexham
Received 4 Nov 1996Arfryn Pontfadog Glyn Ceiriog
Received 4 Nov 1996Pentre Controlled School Pentre Chirk
Received 4 Nov 1996Green Lane Halton Chirk
Received 4 Nov 1996Land Adjacent To No. 40 Park Road Tanyfron
Received 4 Nov 1996Land At The Paddock Nant Parc Johnstown
Received 16 Jul 1996Overton Police Station Station Road Overton
Received 16 Jul 1996Pandy Farm Whitchurch Road Bangor Is-y-coed
Received 16 Jul 19961 Pendine Way Summerhill
Received 16 Jul 1996Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 11 Jul 1996Land To The Rear Of Wats Dyke Way/Stabler Crescent Garden Village
Received 10 Jul 1996Hilltop Marford Hill
Received 23 Jul 1996Willow Cottage Heol Caradoc Coedpoeth
Received 23 Jul 1996Unit 4 Aberderfyn Works Aberderfyn Road Ponciau
Received 23 Jul 1996Corner Of Field Adjoining Llan-y-pwll By-pass & Old Wrexham Road Gresford
Received 18 Jun 19965A Heol Caradoc Coedpoeth
Received 18 Jun 1996Land At Llwydiarth Farm Pontfadog Llangollen
Received 18 Jun 1996Former Brymbo Steelworks Brymbo
Received 4 Nov 1996Ex. Colliery Buildings Hafod Tip Hafod Road Johnstown Wrexham
Received 31 Oct 1996Belgrave House Well Street Cefn Mawr
Received 31 Oct 1996The Egerton Public House Egerton Street Wrexham
Received 30 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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