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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
8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heronston Hall Heronston Lane Bridgend CF31 3AX
Received 1 Mar 2022Maesteg Ambulance Station Heol Tywith Maesteg CF34 0TW
Received 17 Aug 202015 Meini Tirion Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Tl
Received 13 Jun 2005Old Parish Kitchen & Bathroom Emporium Llynfi Lane Maesteg CF34 9DE
Received 21 May 2019Land Base Building Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 4 May 202016 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hf
Received 5 Jul 200732 The Whimbrels Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TR
Received 26 Sept 2007Toll House 1 Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 15 Mar 2011Gelli Aur Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9SB
Received 28 Oct 200934 Commercial Street Wok U Like (Chinese Takeaway) Maesteg Cf34 9Dh
Received 2 Jul 2007Land At 38 Litchard Cross Bridgend CF31 1NY
Received 8 Feb 2011First floor flat & rear garden 12 Suffolk Place Porthcawl CF36 3EA
Received 6 Aug 2018Tyn Y Coed Farm Sarn Bridgend
Received 24 Jul 20064 Pembroke Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Ny
Received 3 Aug 2004213 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 3Pu CF35 6PU
Received 20 Sept 20056 Aneurin Bevan Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9SZ
Received 16 Oct 2017Simonstone Workshop, Coity, Bridgend Cf35 6Be
Received 10 Jun 2005Marlas Farm North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Pe
Received 28 Mar 2005Foel Trawsnant Bryn Port Talbot
Received 4 Nov 201410 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 20 Nov 20127 Bryn Pobydd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sn
Received 8 Apr 2005Land at Chapel Street Pontycymmer CF32 8EG
Received 22 Sept 20174 Priory Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PE
Received 4 Dec 20182A Oaklands Drive Bridgend CF31 4SH
Received 10 Oct 2011Records 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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