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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
7,960 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
35 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BL
Received 12 Feb 202039 Ffordd Y Mynach Pyle Bridgend CF33 6HT
Received 23 Nov 2020Land off Plas Morlais North Cornelly CF33 4LU
Received 6 Jun 201923 Arosfa Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Ah
Received 5 Sept 20078 Bryn Celyn Maesteg CF34 9LS
Received 18 Aug 2020Windsor Cottage 13 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 19 Jan 2023Land Rear Darren House High Street Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HR
Received 28 May 2013Former Model T Public House Brocastle Avenue Waterton CF31 3US
Received 20 Jun 2017Land west of elec sub station Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5PB
Received 29 Jul 201664 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 17 Aug 201710 Merganser Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UE
Received 3 May 2011Land Off Lansbury Close Maesteg CF34 9NA
Received 20 Jun 2014Land fronting Junction 35 of M4 Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 5 Jun 2017Porthcawl RFC South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 12 Nov 2018Marlborough Model Building Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 21 Mar 201127 Coed Leyshon Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0DT
Received 3 Dec 2012Field south of Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AN
Received 4 Jul 2019Plot 2 Lower Farm Tythegston Bridgend Cf32 0Ne
Received 16 Oct 2006Bryn Garw House Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AT
Received 20 Jun 202216 Llwyn Glas Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AH
Received 6 Jun 2008Rear garden of The Cottage Coychurch CF35 5HD
Received 23 Apr 201834 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LR
Received 18 Jun 201228 Woodland Avenue Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Up
Received 8 Jul 2004138-139 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DP
Received 11 Feb 2009Records 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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