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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
7,844 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Mervyn Way Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JH
Received 18 Dec 202072 Davis Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Jl
Received 20 Sept 2004Land Adj Court Colman Street Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 4 Mar 2009Plots 6-12 Cwrt Ty Mawr North Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7EQ
Received 15 Sept 2021Greenmeadow Inn Greenmeadow Terrace Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PD
Received 9 May 201265A Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YN
Received 30 May 20132 Caer Efail Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RW
Received 1 Aug 2011Y Nyth off A473 Coychurch CF35 5HW
Received 11 Feb 2019Logica Moor Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3XH
Received 11 Feb 2011Capel Y Tabernacl 18 Fenton Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Dw
Received 10 Aug 20052 Park Court Road Bridgend CF31 4BW
Received 29 Feb 202498 Coed Parc Court Maesteg
Received 2 Sept 200310/10A Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 27 Oct 200948 Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6De
Received 16 Feb 2004Land South And South East Of Gilfach Uchaf Farm Llangynwyd CF34 9SD
Received 3 Aug 20156 Rhodfa Bryn Castell, Bridgend, CF31 4PB
Received 21 Aug 2026The Old Post Bettws Road Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TB
Received 26 Nov 2009Nathaniel Car Sales Nathaniel House David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate
Received 16 Mar 2004Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 3 Jul 2018Land at Heronston Lane Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 3 Apr 20171 St Marys Close Pencoed CF35 5LL
Received 30 Mar 202026 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EN
Received 23 Jun 2015Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 5 Jul 201884 Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DF
Received 28 Feb 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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