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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
25,906 approved · 2,113 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Plough Inn Chester Road Gresford
Received 9 Jul 1996Monarch Coatings Five Crosses Industrial Estate Minera
Received 5 Jul 1996Site Of Former Bryn Coed Hotel Erbistock
Received 5 Jul 1996Bryn-y-pys Arms Overton
Received 3 Jul 19963 - 9 Hope Street Wrexham
Received 3 Jul 1996Land Adjacent To Plot 5 Hermitage Park
Received 26 Jun 1996Scruffy Murphys College Street
Received 25 Jun 19965 Smithfield Drive Holt
Received 25 Jun 1996Cross Stores The Cross Holt
Received 3 Jul 1996The Stores Cross Street Holt
Received 25 Jun 1996Ty Bach New Llay Road Rhosrobin
Received 25 Jun 1996Former Gas Works Site Gutter Hill Johnstown
Received 25 Jun 199616 New Street Rhos
Received 25 Jun 199626 West View Rhosywaun Chirk
Received 25 Jun 1996Machine House 6 Pen-y-llan Street Overton
Received 24 Jun 1996Gernant Wrexham Road Pentre Buchan
Received 24 Jun 1996The Cottage Moss Road
Received 24 Jun 1996Hollybank 121 Saxon Street Wrexham
Received 20 May 1996Land At Croes Y Mab,wrexham Road, Marchw Adjoining Malpas Tractors)
Received 20 May 199617 Smithfield Drive Holt
Received 20 May 1996C.D.R. Ltd. Off Davy Way Llay Industrial Estate
Received 1 Apr 1996Lyndhurst Wrexham Road Johnstown
Received 1 Apr 1996Westview Cottage Russell Street Cefn Mawr
Received 30 Apr 1996Land Off Ruabon Road Johnstown
Received 30 Apr 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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