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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
7,762 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Llys Briallen Brackla CF31 2BG
Received 11 Feb 2019Field Adj City Farm Bettws Road Bettws Bridgend
Received 12 Jun 20086 Crud Yr Awel Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GH
Received 19 Oct 2010Fmr Bryncethin Nurseries & S Wales Wood Recycling Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw CF35 6BU
Received 7 Apr 2016117 Rowans Lane Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9LZ
Received 12 Dec 202222 Homfray Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HW
Received 6 May 20099 Badgers Mead Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PZ
Received 6 Feb 2008Porthcawl Comprehensive School 52 Park Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Es
Received 6 Jul 20042 Meadow Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hf CF32 8DB
Received 26 Oct 20057 Careg Llwyd / Greystone Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Bs
Received 27 Sept 200635 Beechwood Grove Pencoed CF35 6SU
Received 9 Jun 2016Units 5, 6 & 8 Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 2Ag
Received 24 Jun 2004Land off Parc Crescent Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3XU
Received 7 Nov 20182 South View Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Le
Received 28 Oct 200322 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 10 Oct 2011122 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 6 Oct 202134 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 24 May 2023107 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bl
Received 11 Aug 2003Bridgend College Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Df
Received 10 Aug 200533 Heol Las Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ap
Received 22 Jun 2004Field Parcel to the west / south west of The White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 5 Jun 2018Y Lletty Heol-Yr-Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 28 Mar 202443 The Chase Brackla CF31 2JJ
Received 28 Mar 2022Trefonnen Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DG
Received 17 Oct 2017Records 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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