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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Heol Y Dail Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Tz
Received 11 Jun 20048 Jubilee Gardens Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 14 Oct 20103 Sunny Bank Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Da
Received 17 Nov 200611 Bryn Gorsedd Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pt
Received 26 Oct 2004Former Bridgend College, Maesteg Campus, Castle Street, Maesteg, CF34 9UN
Received 26 Feb 202635 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qf
Received 13 Jun 200621 Austin Avenue Laleston CF32 0LG
Received 5 Jun 2018Golygfa Y Cwm Mountain Road Llangeinor CF32 8PN
Received 3 Nov 2017279 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 4 May 2016Unit Off Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 25 Jun 201035 Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Eb
Received 27 Apr 2007Royal Oak Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9ET
Received 4 Jul 20081 Heol Y Deryn Ddu Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Ud
Received 1 Mar 2007The Old Bakery Abergarw Trading Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lw
Received 30 Jul 2007West Of Youth Centre Felindre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PB
Received 11 Jan 2013Terfyn 2 Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 3 Dec 2019Cosy Corner Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 1 Aug 2022Land at Ridgeway (adjoining Shepherds Vets) Brackla CF31 2BF
Received 12 May 202222 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3QP
Received 17 Mar 20145 Adrian Close Porthcawl CF36 3LX
Received 7 Apr 202136 Northways Porthcawl Cf36 5Lb
Received 12 May 20047 The Hollies Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pp
Received 27 Jul 200428 Cwrt Pantyrawel Lewistown CF32 7HW
Received 23 Jul 2018Canaan Chapel, St Michaels Road, Maesteg CF34 9PA
Received 2 Dec 2025Records 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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