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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25,906 approved · 2,113 refused · 1,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Cottage High Street Overton
Received 9 May 1996Fern Bank 11 Grove Road Wrexham
Received 9 May 1996The Farmhouse Factory Premises Chirk
Received 9 May 1996Land Adjoining School House Cross Lanes
Received 8 May 1996Nightingale House Chester Road Wrexham
Received 8 May 1996Singret Quarry Llay
Received 8 May 1996SITE Of Railway Arches/Embankment Off Town Hill Wrexham
Received 7 May 19963 -4 Chester Street Wrexham
Received 10 Apr 1996Old Sontley Farm Sontley Wrexham
Received 7 May 1996Daisy Bank Farm Borras
Received 7 May 1996The Laurels Pen-y-graig Road Brymbo
Received 7 May 1996Plot Nos 1-5,9 & 10 The Paddock Nant Parc Estate Johnstown
Received 7 May 19967 Fairy Road Wrexham
Received 1 Apr 1996Village Hall Overton
Received 1 Apr 19961 Hanmer Close Overton-on-dee
Received 1 Apr 1996Turn-o-dee Cottage Overton Road Bangor Is-y-coed
Received 1 Apr 1996The Old Court Room High Street Ruabon
Received 1 Apr 1996The Old Police Station High Street Ruabon
Received 1 Apr 1996Land Adjacent To Tally Ho Newbridge Road Newbridge
Received 1 Apr 1996Bersham Enterprise Centre Rhostyllen
Received 1 Apr 1996Land At Llwydiarth Farm Pont Fadog Llangollen
Received 26 Apr 19965 Heather View Assembly Road Coedpoeth
Received 26 Apr 1996Land Forming Part Of Llay Place Hall Llay
Received 26 Apr 1996Croft House Horseman's Green
Received 18 Apr 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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