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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7,762 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
77 Beach Road Pyle Bridgend CF33 6AR
Received 23 May 2008Land Rear Of 20 Heol Yr Onnen Pencoed CF35 5PF
Received 23 Dec 201530 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 25 Nov 2015Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu
Received 25 Apr 2025Myrtle Cottage Farm Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0HA
Received 16 Nov 2018Ty'r Adar Ystad Waun Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PW
Received 8 Mar 201038 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 21 Dec 200448A Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 5 Sept 202476 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EU
Received 1 Jun 2010Caerau Chemist 68 Hermon Road Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 OSU
Received 29 Nov 20075-7 Brackla Street Centre Bridgend Cf31 1Bz
Received 16 Jan 2007Land At St Marys Crescent Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UX
Received 31 Aug 20077 Wimborne Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6SH
Received 14 Nov 202559 Centurion Gardens Off Quarella Road Bridgend
Received 6 Dec 200117 Union Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0BG
Received 26 Nov 20082A Waun Bant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DE
Received 19 Jan 2009Unit Off Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 25 Jun 201033 Barnado Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HT
Received 15 Aug 20084 St Davids Court Maesteg CF34 0BF
Received 20 Jul 2017Land rear of 65-66 Ael Y Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 11 Mar 20194 Rees Row Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Tr
Received 11 Apr 20062 Derwen Las Broadlands CF31 5DP
Received 18 Dec 2020145 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DW
Received 4 Jun 20246 Parc Tyn Y Waun Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RG
Received 4 Dec 2008Records 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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