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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Cae Gleision Broadlands Bridgend
Received 14 Oct 200838 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NN
Received 24 Jun 2015Cenin Renewables Limited Parc Stormy Mount Pleasant Road South Cornelly CF33 4RS
Received 29 Aug 2024Land Adj 16 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 15 Apr 201422 Coronation Street Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ps
Received 24 Apr 2006Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Rest Bay Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UW
Received 15 Oct 200732 St Brides Road Aberkenfig CF32 9PY
Received 15 Jul 2019Land adjoining 50b Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas CF31 4PG
Received 23 Nov 201645 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SN
Received 17 Nov 2025Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AN
Received 19 Jan 201711 Nant yr Adar Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TY
Received 16 Mar 202337 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EG
Received 4 Sept 202410 Y Llest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NA
Received 13 May 2013Pen Y Bont Waste Water Treatment Works Ogmore By Sea Bridgend Cf32 0Qp
Received 7 Aug 2006Land south of All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 26 Jan 2021Foel Trawsnant Bryn Port Talbot
Received 4 Nov 2022The Woodlands 51A Birch Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AN
Received 18 Sept 200966 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ra
Received 9 Sept 200336 Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 2 Oct 200818 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 3 Jun 200413 Esgair Y Maes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BL
Received 14 Apr 2021102 - 104 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 20 Aug 2015Former Kings Head Site Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NH
Received 9 Mar 2011Land Opposite Pool Farm Kenfig Bridgend
Received 17 May 2004Records 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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