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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
25,894 approved · 2,112 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Site Of Alma House Madeira Hill Wrexham
Received 16 Jul 19966 Emlyn Terrace Chapel Street Ponciau
Received 16 Jul 199650 Rhodfa Ganol Nant Park Johnstown Wrexham
Received 28 Aug 19969 Stancliffe Avenue Marford
Received 28 Aug 1996Well House Farm Sarn
Received 28 Aug 1996Outbuildings At Tyn-y-coed Coedpoeth Wrexham
Received 28 Aug 199632 Stansty Road Wrexham
Received 28 Aug 1996Land At The Rear Of 4 Deva Terraces Overton
Received 27 Aug 1996Wrexham Maelor Hospital Watery Road Wrexham
Received 4 Oct 19961 Denning Road Borras Park
Received 3 Oct 1996Gwynedd High Street Glyn Ceiriog
Received 3 Oct 1996National School Glyn Ceiriog
Received 3 Oct 1996Former Clwyd County Council Training Wor Clayton Road Pentre Broughton
Received 3 Oct 199616 Acton Gardens Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 1996Land At Holt Road Wrexham
Received 2 Oct 1996Village Hall Tallarn Green
Received 2 Oct 1996St. Mary's Church Hall Vicarage Hill Minera
Received 2 Oct 1996Entrance To Vauxhall Industrial Estate Johnstown
Received 2 Oct 1996Brooklyn Duke Street Rhos
Received 2 Oct 1996Plot 6 Almere Farm Rossett
Received 2 Oct 1996Wineberry House 85 Wynnstay Lane Gresford
Received 1 Oct 199671A Vernon Street Wrexham
Received 1 Oct 19963 Maybury Avenue Glyn Ceiriog
Received 30 Sept 1996British Legion Club Darland Lane Rossett
Received 30 Sept 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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