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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
7,814 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 South Place Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Db
Received 1 Sept 2004Plots 1 & 2 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 4 Mar 2008Redfern 12 Glenview Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LZ
Received 29 Mar 201016 Cwm Felin Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EJ
Received 2 Apr 201340 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QF
Received 9 Feb 201210 Blaen Y Fro Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ry
Received 17 Jun 2005Land At Cornelly Garage Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HY
Received 25 Jul 201237 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qn
Received 10 Jul 2007Plas Penycae Penycae Bridgend Cf32 9Sn
Received 30 Jan 200626 Nant Ffornwg Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TJ
Received 24 May 2007Parc Plaza Waterton Cross Waterton Bridgend
Received 12 Nov 2009The Infant Welfare Clinic Waun Bant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DE
Received 8 Jul 20132 Rathbone Terrace Maesteg CF34 0YL
Received 12 Apr 201853 Kingfisher Road North Cornelly CF33 4NZ
Received 26 Jun 20182 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LR
Received 8 Feb 20084 Fountain Cottages Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 0EN
Received 5 Sept 20147 Plas Kenfig, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4BN
Received 20 Feb 2025111 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ap
Received 13 Aug 200366 Erw Hir Brackla Bridgend CF31 2DD
Received 12 Oct 2007Heol Llan Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bu
Received 24 May 200667 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NH
Received 31 Oct 200789 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LD
Received 2 Dec 201416 Pyle Inn Way Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LP
Received 23 Mar 201216 Cwrt Y Fedwen Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9GH
Received 21 Oct 2013Records 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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