Understanding planning · 13 min read
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25,906 approved · 2,113 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land With Frontage To Station Avenue And Station Road Chirk
Received 30 Apr 19963 Berse Drelincourt Caego
Received 30 Apr 199630 Gresford Road Llay
Received 23 May 199621 Mayflower Drive Marford
Received 23 May 199612 Ffordd Morgan Llay
Received 23 May 199617 Smithfield Drive Holt
Received 22 May 1996The Service Careers Office 21 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 22 May 1996Unit 223 Redwither Industrial Complex Wrexham
Received 21 May 1996Bryn Awel Ffordd Uchaf Gwynfryn
Received 6 Jun 1996Plot 4,land At Wesley Road/Ruthin Road Bwlchgwyn
Received 6 Jun 1996Llay Place Hall Llay
Received 5 Jun 1996Land At Holt Road Wrexham
Received 31 May 199639 Park Avenue Wrexham
Received 30 May 19967 Oakdene Cross Lanes
Received 30 May 1996Copal Castings Limited Abbey Road Wrexham Industrial Estate
Received 29 Jul 1996Elm Holding Tallarn Green Malpas
Received 29 Jul 1996Perivale Higher Lane Burton
Received 26 Jul 1996Old Shop Eyton
Received 26 Jul 19964 Poethlyn Terrace Overton
Received 26 Jul 1996REAR Garden Boundary At 4 Springfield Park Overton
Received 26 Jul 199657 King Street Wrexham
Received 25 Jul 199657 King Street Wrexham
Received 25 Jul 1996Woodbine Cottage Cefn Road Wrexham
Received 25 Jul 199657 Jeffreys Road Wrexham
Received 25 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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