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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8,077 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Common Land At Coity Wallia Bridgend
Received 22 Oct 2007Pyle Garden Centre Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 15 Apr 2026Lletai House Glan Yr Afon Rd Pencoed
Received 21 Nov 2003Maesteg Campus Castle Street Maesteg CF34 9UN
Received 25 Mar 2026Western Power Electricity Sub Station Penyrallt Avenue Bridgend CF31 1QG
Received 23 Feb 2006Grove Farm South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Rp
Received 3 Feb 200414 Collwyn Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Al
Received 25 Mar 200410 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 4 Apr 2018Land South Of 18 Curwen Terrace North Cornelly CF33 4AW
Received 27 Oct 201510 Ballas Close North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ep
Received 13 Mar 200710 Hazel Mead Brynmenyn CF32 9AQ
Received 21 Dec 2020Land at Bridgend Police Station and former Cheapside Multi-storey Car Park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 13 Aug 202512 Cefn Nant Pencoed CF35 6JE
Received 11 Apr 2017Land Adj Maesteg R F C Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Ds
Received 14 Aug 20066 Moira Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BU
Received 2 Apr 20137 Darren View Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SG
Received 18 Dec 200821 Caedu Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DR
Received 28 Aug 2008Land East of the A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 22 Jun 202017 Heol Y Nant Sarn CF32 9UU
Received 24 Oct 201671 Park Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3ER
Received 1 Sept 20116 Esgair Y Llys Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bn
Received 3 Feb 2006Bridgend Van Centre Kent Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TU
Received 22 May 2025Land East of the A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 16 May 2025Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 19 Dec 2018Records 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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