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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 Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bridgend website
7,754 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4PP
Received 24 Apr 2019Tyn Y Pwnt Uchaf Farm, Llangynwyd
Received 3 May 20133 Llys Bronwydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AU
Received 7 Aug 200729 Marlas Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ay
Received 5 Sept 200633 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HD
Received 13 May 20242 Trinity Court The Strand Blaengarw CF32 8AA
Received 19 Mar 2019Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6BU
Received 14 Apr 20211 Station Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Tf
Received 28 Jun 200611 Min Y Coed Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Af
Received 11 Apr 200513 Westfield Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3SG
Received 9 Jul 2020Briar Rose Garth Fach Llangywnyd Maesteg Cf34 0Eh
Received 31 Jan 200717 Arlington Road Porthcawl CF36 3DF
Received 6 Jun 202239 Georgian Way Brackla CF31 2EY
Received 17 Aug 201685 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EU
Received 10 Dec 20152 Tair Waun Place Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RF
Received 15 Apr 200810 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BE
Received 3 Jan 2012Penbryncwm Hill Penprysg Pencoed Bridgend Cf35
Received 17 Jan 200664 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 19 Sept 201375 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NP
Received 21 Sept 200956 Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ue
Received 16 Dec 2005Fairfield 28 Hillcrest Penyfai CF31 4NL
Received 5 Aug 2016Newton Cottage 8 Clevis Lane Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NT
Received 18 Aug 2009Underhill Villa, Maesteg Road Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Lb
Received 7 Dec 2004Peter Alan Ltd 22 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 18 Jun 2014Records 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 Bridgend 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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