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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7,754 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sandymeers Porthcawl CF36 5LP
Received 21 Sept 202214 Coed Parc Court Bridgend Cf31 4Hu
Received 11 Aug 200339 Great Western Avenue Bridgend Cf31 1Nn
Received 16 May 2005Adj 43 Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 27 Sept 2005Coach House Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4HE
Received 21 Mar 202592 Park Street Bridgend
Received 1 Sept 2003The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 1 Nov 20168 Jubilee Gardens Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TB
Received 3 Mar 2008Land rear of Percy House 18 Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AG
Received 27 Jun 2019Pentyla Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DL
Received 20 Jun 2019East Of Coed Castell Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 17 Jun 200922 Highland Close Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SB
Received 31 Aug 2007South Wales Coastline
Received 31 May 201726 Coed Y Cadno Penyfai CF31 4GA
Received 16 Jul 201919 Rest Bay Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 17 Apr 2024Land south of Tile & Bath Co, Unit 1 Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AL
Received 3 Mar 202230 Verland Way Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TY
Received 28 Feb 20123 Reynallt Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DR
Received 27 Dec 200746 Oaklands Avenue Bridgend CF31 4ST
Received 22 Nov 2018Gelli Farm Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Eu
Received 1 Aug 200336 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QW
Received 3 Aug 2009The Woodlands 67 Ystadwaun Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Pw
Received 9 Feb 200513 Highfield Place Sarn Bridgend
Received 3 Mar 2004Gwynfa, Bettws Road, Bettws, Bridgend, CF32 8TA
Received 28 Jan 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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