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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7,754 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
11 Manor Grove Porthcawl CF36 5HD
Received 14 Sept 20222 Park Place, Canola, Bryncethin, Bridgend Cf32 9Ua
Received 16 Feb 200515 Well Street Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Lf
Received 8 Mar 200715 Garth Avenue Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UJ
Received 11 Feb 200825 Onslow Terrace Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HW
Received 21 Jul 2009Ewenny Court New Inn Road Ewenny Bridgend CF35 5AA
Received 28 Mar 201120 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RG
Received 18 Sept 200758 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Sh
Received 18 Aug 2004Rear of 55 Suffolk Place Porthcawl CF36 3EB
Received 10 Aug 201740 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 30 Jan 20129 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 30 Oct 201549 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH
Received 22 Jul 2021106 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AW
Received 22 Nov 2018Cildaudy Farm Cildaudy Road Coytrahen CF32 0DL
Received 26 Jul 2018The Old School House School Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HU
Received 6 Jun 201352 Orchard Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RA
Received 16 Mar 2010Plot 17 Llynfi Court Brynllywarch Maesteg
Received 19 May 2005Kj Herbert Insurance Svcs Ltd 1D Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 2HD
Received 6 Jan 201019 Temple Street Maesteg Cf34 9Yy
Received 20 Aug 20031 Fulmar Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UH
Received 20 May 201516 De Londres Close Porthcawl CF36 3JE
Received 1 Jul 201659 Banc Yr Allt Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4RH
Received 23 Jul 201312 Heol Trelales Laleston CF32 0HW
Received 27 Aug 2019217 Oxford Street, Pontycymer, CF32 8DG
Received 17 Jun 2026Records 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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