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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7,996 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
39 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DD
Received 21 May 20101 Y Groes, Sarn, Bridgend, CF32 9UN
Received 14 Jul 202546 Lletai Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PW
Received 27 Jan 20121 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GB
Received 15 Aug 200816 St Marie Street Bridgend CF31 3EE
Received 29 Jun 201214 Lark Rise Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NU
Received 10 May 2012Rear garden of 24 Deri Avenue Pencoed CF35 6TU
Received 28 Jun 2016Land R/O Plot 5 Mountain Road Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 10 Aug 200921 Y Dderwen Llangynwyd CF34 9HX
Received 19 May 2023Delfryn Heol Las Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 25 Jan 201914 Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 17 Apr 201310 Pontnewydd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pq
Received 21 Oct 2003Wetherspoons 3 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DF
Received 4 Nov 2014Land Rear Of 1 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend CF31 3BB
Received 13 Mar 2009Innisfree Bungalow Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Dr
Received 23 Feb 2005Broadland Fawr Heol Blandy Broadlands Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 14 Sept 201846 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 5 Jul 2016Coed Y Mwstwr Golf Club, Coychurch
Received 26 Mar 201464 Heol Tegfryn Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LL
Received 22 Mar 20106 Cae Llwydcoed Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Es
Received 10 Apr 200716 Goodwin Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ys
Received 22 Jul 200315 Glasfryn Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jn
Received 1 Dec 2004103 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AP
Received 17 Nov 2020Land Opposite 9 Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6LE
Received 8 Oct 2008Records 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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