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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7,915 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 George Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UU
Received 11 Nov 200944 South Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DA
Received 13 Jan 200934 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend Cf31 4Da
Received 9 Aug 200570 Foxhollows Brackla CF31 2NH
Received 9 Apr 201921 Heol Y Dolau Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lq
Received 17 Aug 20055 Abergarw Meadows (Plot 18) Abergarw CF32 8YG
Received 1 Oct 2021Land West of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 27 Jul 202027 Dunraven Street Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9As
Received 14 Dec 200517 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 28 Jul 2014Felin Newydd Farm House New Mill Bridgend Cf35 6Dw
Received 6 Apr 2005Rose Cottage Blackmill Road Lewistown CF32 7HU
Received 15 Jul 2024Land Rear Of Darran House High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 11 Oct 2013Land To Rear Of Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 28 Dec 2005Land At Cae Mawr Industrial Estate Treorchy CF42 6EJ
Received 2 Aug 2013Land at All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 9 Nov 202164 Quarella Road Bridgend Cf31 1Js
Received 7 Jan 2005Parc Newydd Farm Moor Lane Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ex
Received 14 Mar 2006Rear 14 Westward Place Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4XD
Received 15 Oct 2014Pant y Wal Wind Farm Ogmore Vale CF35 6EG
Received 24 Apr 2023Land Adj Thomas Crescent North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 2 Jul 200834 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DD
Received 15 Apr 2024'Avalon' 19 Vale View Villas Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DP
Received 22 Jan 2013Formerly Phillip Thomas & Co 20A Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 14 Jun 2017Plot 6 Hendre Gardens Off Greenacre Drive Pencoed Bridgend
Received 8 Mar 2004Records 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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