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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
8,077 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 21 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LL
Received 28 Oct 2016146 Victoria Ave Porthcawl
Received 27 Oct 200428 Litchard Cross Litchard Bridgend CF31 1NY
Received 13 Nov 2020Rontec Pendragon Service Station Pyle Road Pyle CF33 6HR
Received 31 Oct 201667 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LN
Received 5 Jun 201354 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NA
Received 4 Mar 200825 Hilary Way Porthcawl CF36 3SE
Received 13 May 202116 Adare Street Bridgend
Received 3 Mar 20044 Heol Croes Faen Porthcawl CF36 3SW
Received 22 Aug 201712 Bedford Close Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Dd
Received 8 Jan 200429 Heol Maendy North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DF
Received 29 Jan 2024Former Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 20 Nov 201741 Chantal Avenue Penyfai Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 17 May 20044 Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 15 Sept 20082-128 (Evens) Waunscil Avenue, Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 2013Brackla Junior & Infants School Brackla Way Brackla CF31 2EZ
Received 11 Oct 200717 Ffordd Y Draen Coity CF35 6BF
Received 23 Jun 20201 Canolfan Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LL
Received 10 Nov 2008Hedd Pant Hirwaun Heol y Cyw CF35 6HH
Received 31 Jan 2017Ffordd Y Gyfraith Farm Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 23 Dec 2008Garage site rear of 15 Bryn Morfa Bridgend CF31 1HJ
Received 22 Sept 201738 Cae Ganol Porthcawl CF36 3RS
Received 21 Jun 20195 High View Bridgend CF31 1TL
Received 7 Oct 20111 Anglia Close, Litchard, Bridgend, CF31 1QX
Received 23 Dec 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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