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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
7,996 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Stores Ltd Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 23 Feb 201741 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ap
Received 21 May 2004Public Telephone Kiosk Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Se
Received 18 Dec 200652 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LN
Received 12 Dec 202225 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pe
Received 29 Jun 2005Heol Las Farmhouse 1 Heol Las Coity CF35 6BS
Received 15 Sept 20231 Technology Drive Bridgend Cf31 3Lu
Received 13 Aug 2003McDonalds Restaurant, Picton Court Retail Park, Bridgend, CF31 3XX
Received 24 Oct 201911 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HN
Received 24 May 2019Land adjacent to 3 Mill Lane Bridgend CF31 4JN
Received 30 Sept 202210 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AS
Received 24 May 2013HMP Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity CF35 6AP
Received 25 Mar 202623 Tyn Y Bettws Close Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Yf
Received 4 May 2004The Wyndham Arms Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 2 Dec 2013Lyndhurst 33 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 3 Aug 201712 Hernston Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Dp
Received 8 Nov 200416 Meini Tirion Cefn Glas CF31 4TL
Received 18 Mar 201927 Heol Groes Faen Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SW
Received 18 Apr 2011Betws Primary School Betws Road Betws CF32 8TB
Received 7 Dec 201654 Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 Olu CF34 0LU
Received 18 May 200611 Deri Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TU
Received 5 Jun 200836 Coed-Y-Graig Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YT
Received 24 Mar 20114 Cae Cenydd Brackla CF31 2ES
Received 5 Nov 20197 Laleston Close The Gables Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Hw
Received 17 Nov 2003Records 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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