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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
8,008 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bocam Park Junction 35 M4 Pencoed Bridgend
Received 30 Sept 2003The Meadows Bryn Road Coychurch CF35 6AE
Received 5 Jul 2021Waterton House Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3YN
Received 11 May 20164 Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ef
Received 1 Feb 200728 Sanderling Way Porthcawl CF36 3TD
Received 5 Dec 2022Merthyr Mawr Warren/ Candleston Car Park Bridgend
Received 2 Mar 200519 Sycamore Close, Litchard, Bridgend Cf31 1Qs
Received 10 Jun 2005Arosfa Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AE
Received 23 Aug 202476 Eustace Drive Sarn Bridgend CF32 9EX
Received 27 May 201632 Homfray Street Maesteg CF34 0HW
Received 12 Feb 2013Bridgend Motor Factors Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1UA
Received 26 Oct 2017East of Heol Yr Ysgol Tondu
Received 4 Jan 2017Flat 2 Seawinds Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 14 Jan 2019Commercial Place Aka Pontycymmer Square Pontycymmer
Received 30 Sept 20031 Coed Y Cadno Parc Cavendish Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ga
Received 30 Jul 20032 Oaklands Rise Bridgend CF31 4SP
Received 6 Jun 2011Gilgal Baptist Church Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3EP
Received 27 Nov 201939 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EG
Received 17 May 201399 Bishopswood Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LZ
Received 1 Oct 200770 Deri Avenue Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Tt
Received 19 Dec 200319 Llwyn Coch Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bj
Received 1 Dec 20036 Bryn Terrace Caerau Maesteg CF34 0UR
Received 5 Dec 2007The Elms West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ss
Received 21 Jul 2005Harvester Sarn Pub & Grill Designer Outlet Village Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SH
Received 24 Apr 2024Records 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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