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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
8,497 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent to Brookland Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7SY
Received 8 Aug 202581 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3ds
Received 13 Oct 2020Glanwenny Lodge Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 15 May 201928 Pwllygath Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ES
Received 4 Aug 2010Store Depot Princess Of Wales Hosp Coity Road Bridgend
Received 2 Mar 2004Southdown 84 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 27 Sept 2010Primrose Cottage Nottage Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 11 Sept 200745 West Drive Rest Bay Porthcawl
Received 4 Aug 2005Brackla Business Park Brackla Bridgend
Received 21 Apr 20063 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 3 Nov 20169 St Marys Court Porthcawl CF36 5SD
Received 10 Apr 201814 Honeysuckle Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NT
Received 2 Jul 200923 Rhodfa Mes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BF
Received 4 Feb 2022Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 21 Apr 2021All Saints Church Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend
Received 8 Mar 200433 Hedgemoor Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jq
Received 7 Nov 2005Glanrhyd Hospital Tondu Road Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LN
Received 26 Jun 2012Cartref Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 12 Oct 20101 Charles Row Maesteg CF34 0AR
Received 7 Jul 201458 Penylan Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3LL
Received 16 Dec 2024Eyre Court House, Newton Nottage Road, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5PF
Received 7 Jul 200515 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DT
Received 12 Aug 2015Parc Du Heol Llan Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bu
Received 11 Dec 2006The Clock House Old Village Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SP
Received 29 Aug 2017Records 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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