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
25,894 approved · 2,112 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Fiveways Abbey Gate Walk Bangor Isycoed
Received 22 Apr 1996Wynnstay Arms Hotel Yorke Street Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 199646-48 Chester Road Gresford
Received 17 Jun 1996Scruffy Murphys College Street
Received 13 Jun 1996Bt Tec Site Rhosddu Road Wrehxam
Received 12 Jun 1996Land Off Weston Road New Broughton
Received 22 Jul 1996Plas Coch Wrexham
Received 22 Jul 19967 Field View Wrexham
Received 19 Jul 1996The Old Laundry House Iscoyd Park
Received 22 Apr 1996The Old Laundry House Iscoyd Park
Received 22 Apr 1996Bryn Moyle Wrexham Road Marchwiel
Received 22 Apr 1996Land At The Rear Of 2 Yew Tree Villas Bersham
Received 3 May 1996The Cottage Eyton
Received 3 May 199611 Bramble Close Marford
Received 3 May 1996Greenacres Smithy Lane Pentre Bychan
Received 15 Apr 19964 Berwyn Close Marchwiel
Received 15 Apr 1996SITE Off Heol Offa Tanyfron
Received 12 Apr 1996Yale College Grove Park Road Wrexham
Received 13 Jun 1996Scruffy Murphys College Street
Received 13 Jun 199644 Hall View Caego
Received 20 May 1996Brithdir Farm Bwlchgwyn (Also in Minera Community)
Received 26 Apr 1996Kohima Roberts Road Brynteg
Received 25 Apr 199622 Ruabon Road Wrexham
Received 24 Apr 1996The Old Fire Station Colliery Road Chirk
Received 17 Jun 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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