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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
7,945 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Fulmar Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PW
Received 3 Oct 2024Land At Penllwyngwent Farm Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Eg
Received 18 Jul 2005Coed Parc Court/Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EU
Received 31 Aug 2007Former Gas Holder Station Ewenny Road Maesteg
Received 11 Sept 200339 Acland Road Bridgend Cf31 1Tf
Received 21 Apr 200554-58 Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 3Bp
Received 5 Jan 2006Mill View Stores 138 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DD
Received 27 Sept 2017Plot 23 Porth Y Castell (Parc Derwen) Coity Bridgend CF35 6FB
Received 19 Jul 201310 Woodside Avenue Litchard CF31 1QF
Received 1 Sept 202045 Heol Y Cwrt North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ax
Received 23 Aug 200515 Meadow Walk Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EW
Received 28 Mar 201211 Swn Y Adar Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GE
Received 10 Jun 200810 The Burrows Newton, Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Aj
Received 6 Aug 2003Prince Of Wales Public House Ton Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pr
Received 25 Jul 2006Penybryn Bungalow Bridgend Road Bryncethin CF32 9TG
Received 17 May 2023Land at Newton Nottage Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 24 Jul 2017123 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LN
Received 14 Sept 2023Rear Of 27 Fenton Place Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Dw
Received 26 May 2004Land Rear Of 25 & 27 Heol Las Pencoed Bridgend
Received 6 Nov 20094 Garnwen Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0ET
Received 2 Dec 201661 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LN
Received 8 Dec 2014Barclays Bank, 5/6 Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SB
Received 21 Nov 2014Tir Hir Farm Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0EU
Received 2 Apr 2014Land west of 52 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RP
Received 27 Feb 2020Records 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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