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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grove House South Cornelly Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Rp
Received 11 Jul 2006Maes-Y-Deri House Heol Wastadwaun Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Uy
Received 6 Feb 20042 Trem Y Mor Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HA
Received 8 Aug 2008Land rear 23 & 25 Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4JA
Received 19 Jan 2018Maesteg Welfare Park Rear of Neath Road Maesteg
Received 30 Jul 202415 Meadow Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HH
Received 1 Feb 201699 Heol Croesty Pencoed CF35 5LT
Received 8 Jun 20221 Cae Pentice Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BX
Received 23 May 201486 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dl
Received 10 Jan 200734 Bryn Llidiard Litchard CF31 1QN
Received 25 Oct 2023Talbot Community Centre 9 Prince Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ED
Received 28 Feb 201320 Foxhollows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NF
Received 21 Jan 2010Land adjacent to St 62 Illtyds Road Cefn Glas CF31 4JY
Received 1 Feb 201741 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend Cf31 4Ss
Received 1 Dec 200592 Maes Y Felin Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1YW
Received 13 Mar 2008St John The Baptist Church Newton Nottage Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 18 Sept 200315 Westward Place Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 28 Mar 2007North of Bethany Chapel Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SU
Received 19 Jul 2023Workshop rear of 36 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 5 Dec 202418 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 17 Feb 2012Wing Wah Restaurant 72 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 9 Jan 200815A Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3YS
Received 16 Apr 201414A Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4PR
Received 16 Oct 2009Land Alongside Wyndham Court Fairways North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dh
Received 15 May 2006Records 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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