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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25,906 approved · 2,113 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Hanmer Arms Hanmer
Received 10 Apr 19963-4 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 10 Apr 1996Land At Ridgeway Lodge Chirk Green
Received 10 Apr 1996Almere Farm Rossett (Route A-b)
Received 10 Apr 1996Machine Cottage Avongoch Ruabon Road Johnstown
Received 9 Apr 199641 Regent Street Wrexham
Received 9 Apr 1996The Old Smithy Sontley
Received 9 Apr 1996The Old Post Office Erbistock
Received 9 Apr 199632 Maes Isaf Nant Parc Johnstown
Received 31 May 1996Land Adjacent To The Dee View,salop Road Dee
Received 31 May 199636 Hall Street Pen-y-cae
Received 31 May 1996Land Off Edwards Street Wrexham
Received 3 Jun 1996Pumrhyd Farm Bedwell Road Marchwiel
Received 3 Jun 1996Residential Development Off Darland Lane Rossett
Received 3 Jun 1996Gardden Lodge Landfill Site Ruabon
Received 3 Jun 1996Part Of Former Times Furnishing Aberderfyn Industrial Estate Johnstown
Received 3 Jun 1996Part Of Garden To Kingsley Pant Lane Gresford
Received 3 Jun 199694 Dean Road Rhosnesni, Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 199634 Rhosnesni Lane Wrexham
Received 22 Apr 1996Monarch Coatings (UK) Ltd. Five Crosses Industrial Estate Ruthin Road Minera
Received 18 Apr 1996REAR OF 6 Bryn Lane Bowling Bank
Received 18 Apr 199652 Bluebell Lane Pandy
Received 18 Apr 1996Bryn Haul Pentre Bychan
Received 18 Apr 1996Chirk Town S.T.w
Received 10 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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