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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Mount Earl Bridgend Cf31 3Ey
Received 9 May 2005Mcdonalds Restaurant Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 11 Apr 200825 Mervyn Way Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jh
Received 13 Jun 2006Site D, Land East Of 38 Castle View Bridgend Cf31 1Hl
Received 3 Jan 200725 Sandymeers Porthcawl Cf36 5Lp
Received 17 Jun 2005Rear of 2 Hillcrest Penyfai CF31 4NL
Received 4 Apr 201833 Min-y-Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YP
Received 1 Nov 20217 South Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DB
Received 7 Jun 2007Telecoms Mast R/O Police Station John Street Porthcawl CF36 3BD
Received 30 Sept 201565 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl CF36 3SB
Received 30 Sept 2020Crown Hotel Crown Row Maesteg CF34 0LG
Received 16 May 2016Land At Heronston Lane Bridgend
Received 27 Jun 2014110 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Ha
Received 7 Feb 2006Dixons 22 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ej
Received 18 May 2006Porthcawl Comp. School Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3ES
Received 29 Mar 20164 Clevis Hill Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NT
Received 29 May 200925 Newton Nottage Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5PF
Received 19 Apr 200627 The Burrows Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AJ
Received 13 Sept 2007Land east of Dan Yr Awel Heol Las Coity CF35 6BS
Received 18 Mar 202477 Rowans Lane Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Lz
Received 1 Oct 2003Garage Rear Of 43 Commercial St Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 14 Aug 2003Land west of Heol Dewi Sant (former Bettws Social Club) Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 14 Nov 2023Island Farm Institute of Sport Island Farm Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 13 Jan 201793 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TD
Received 21 Jun 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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