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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dq
Received 7 Apr 2004Carville Scaffolding Station Road Maesteg CF34 9TF
Received 24 Aug 20209 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 13 Mar 201931 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 24 Sept 202455 Iron Way Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 18 Jan 201910 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 9 Oct 201249 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qf
Received 21 Jun 2004Tesco Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 21 May 2008Three Horseshoes Lamb Row South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RL
Received 15 Jun 201020/20A Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 19 Apr 20075 Dros Olwg Y Mynydd Lewistown Ogmore Vale CF32 7LU
Received 27 Oct 2015Woodland rear of 5/6 Heol Penderyn Brackla CF31 2EA
Received 21 Sept 2017Westcroft, Ewenny Road Bridgend Cf35 5Ap
Received 26 Mar 2007Unit 2 Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend CF31 3YW
Received 26 Feb 20105 Well Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LF
Received 5 Oct 201023 Waun Wen Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NB
Received 26 Mar 2008Public Telephone Box 21m from the Old House Pub Llangynwyd Village Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 14 Oct 202053 Lansbury Crescent Maesteg Cf34 9Ly
Received 9 Sept 2005Land Adjoining 33 Danybryn Evanstown Porth CF39 8RF
Received 3 Mar 200816 Union Street Maesteg CF34 0BG
Received 17 Jul 20188 Linnett Way Brackla CF31 2NX
Received 2 Jan 2018Former Night Club Castle Street Maesteg CF34 9BN
Received 7 Nov 2014Former Stores Garn Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AS
Received 30 Jul 201332 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DU
Received 26 Mar 2021Records 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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