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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25,894 approved · 2,112 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Adjacent To Red Roofs Tudor Street Coedpoeth
Received 17 Jun 1996104 Rhosddu Road Wrexham
Received 17 Jun 1996Land Within Alyn Waters Country Park Off Llay New Road
Received 23 Aug 1996Prices Lane Community Centre Prices Lane Wrexham
Received 21 Aug 1996Junction Of Corkscrew Lane & Hafod Road Ruabon
Received 21 Aug 1996Roft Castle House Marford Wrexham
Received 21 Aug 1996Land Off High Street Johnstown
Received 21 Aug 199648 Ashburn Way Mill Gardens
Received 20 Aug 1996Liquor Save Site Well Street Cefn Mawr
Received 16 Aug 1996Wrexham Industrial Estate Ash Road South Wrexham
Received 16 Aug 1996Part First Floor 7 Church Street Wrexham
Received 16 Aug 199657 Smithy Lane Acton
Received 16 Aug 1996Former Tabernacle Chapel High Street Brymbo
Received 2 Sept 1996Land Surrounding Legacy Sub-station Legacy
Received 16 Aug 1996Rhostyllen Football Field Vicarage Hill
Received 16 Aug 199636 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 15 Aug 199625 Regent Stret Wrexham
Received 15 Aug 199625 Charles Street Wrexham
Received 15 Aug 1996Land Off High Street Brymbo
Received 15 Aug 1996Hedgerows Chapel Trevalyn Rossett
Received 7 Aug 19965 Meadows View Marford
Received 7 Aug 199667 Maes-y-waun Chirk
Received 5 Aug 1996Bush House Llewnenion Road Legacy
Received 28 Aug 1996Smithy Cottages Borras Road Holt
Received 2 Aug 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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