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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
8,149 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Shearwater Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TU
Received 5 Apr 2012The Pines 67 Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 23 Jul 2009St Illtyds Church Newcastle Hill Bridgend
Received 6 Oct 2004Breaksea Care Home The Square Porthcawl Cf36 3Bw
Received 6 Dec 2004Cornel Du Mawr Farm Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HL
Received 19 Sept 2011The Sandville Hotel 19 Mary Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Yl
Received 20 Apr 2004Bridgend Library Wyndham Street Bridgend
Received 1 Dec 200619 Woodstock Gardens, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6ST
Received 4 Jun 20261 Macgregor Row Maesteg CF34 0AP
Received 24 Apr 20236 Heol Gelli Lenor Maesteg Cf34 9Nd
Received 6 Oct 200413 Sycamore Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AL
Received 22 Nov 20181 Badgers Brook Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qs
Received 5 Jul 200637 Moorlands Road Bridgend Cf31 3Dr
Received 18 Oct 2004Fmr Rc Social Club & 23A Bethania Street Maesteg CF34 9ET
Received 28 Nov 2014Bryncastell 91 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 30 Sept 20206 Ffordd Ddu Pyle Bridgend CF33 6JG
Received 9 Apr 2008Penbryncwm Hill Penprysg Pencoed Bridgend Cf35
Received 16 Dec 2005Land Adj 15 West Rhondda Road Pontyrhyl Bridgend
Received 7 Apr 200914 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 29 Mar 2016Rear Garden 13 Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EG
Received 19 Apr 20105 Glan Y Llyn North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ef
Received 3 Mar 2005The Court Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Na
Received 31 Aug 20063a Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NW
Received 28 Mar 201820 Heol Y Llwyni Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Dj
Received 2 Mar 2007Records 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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