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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
7,944 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Heol Y Frenhines Bridgend Cf31 4Rt
Received 28 Oct 2003Nantymoel Surgery, Ogwy Street, Price Town, Nant-Y-Moel, CF32 7NA
Received 10 Jul 2026Land at Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 3 Dec 201834 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity CF35 6AY
Received 29 Mar 2021Welsh Ambulance Service Bridgend Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9TG
Received 23 Apr 2013Chapel Barn, Merthyr Mawr Road, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, CF32 0LS
Received 12 Dec 2024105 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DD
Received 24 Mar 202187 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DH
Received 6 Apr 20098 Park Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ep
Received 10 Mar 2004Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 28 Oct 20202 Wimborne Road Pencoed CF35 6SH
Received 25 Jan 201715 Curwen Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Aw
Received 2 Apr 200760 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HJ
Received 30 Jul 201286 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jg
Received 18 Jun 2007Land At Brocastle Bridgend
Received 9 Feb 200440 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qf
Received 12 Aug 20044 White Hart Cottages Llan Road Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9SE
Received 3 Mar 201112 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 13 Oct 2003133 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3BD
Received 14 Aug 20174 Underwood Place, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2LR
Received 2 Jun 2026Land At Duffryn Oaks (Phase 3) Pencoed Bridgend
Received 8 Jun 20095 Belmont Close Maesteg CF34 0LH
Received 10 Nov 20227 Bryn Rhedyn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TL
Received 20 Apr 202635 And 36 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Dh
Received 28 Jun 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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