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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
7,915 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Fairoak Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PU
Received 18 Jun 20103 Stratford Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LG
Received 28 Aug 2009Parc Derwen Playing Fields Parc Derwen Coity
Received 22 Jun 2016Aviation House Brocastle Avenue Waterton CF31 3XR
Received 22 Dec 2022Brombil Farm Margam Neath Port Talbot
Received 29 Apr 20165 & 5A Caroline Street Bridgend Cf31 1Dn
Received 21 Sept 2006Former The Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 9 Jan 2019Porthcawl Primary School Meadow Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EY
Received 15 Oct 201426 Highfields Brackla
Received 29 Oct 200461 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Na
Received 30 Mar 200570 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 16 Jul 2004Land At North Road Wyndham Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7En
Received 20 Apr 20079 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AN
Received 23 Aug 202398 Bishopswood Brackla CF31 2LZ
Received 20 Jan 2020Land Rear Of Salisbury Road Maesteg Cf34 9Eg
Received 11 Oct 2004Coety Primary School Heol Yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 20 Aug 2008The Pant Yr Awel, Blackmill Road, Pant Yr Awel, Bridgend CF32 7HU
Received 18 Oct 20074 Hillside Green Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Be
Received 12 Jul 201035 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 24 Jul 2018Entrance To Tudor Estate Caerau Maesteg Bridgend
Received 2 Mar 2010Aberkenfig Library, Heol Y Llyfrau, Aberkenfig, CF32 9PL
Received 12 Apr 2007Odeon Cinema Mccarthur Glen The Pines Penycae Lane Bridgend CF32 9SP
Received 25 Jul 2005Rear of 75/77 Cowbridge Road & 77 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DH
Received 7 Apr 202172 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NT
Received 7 May 2010Records 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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