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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8,497 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trinity Chapel Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5RA
Received 25 Mar 2022The Lodge 5 Clevisfield Av Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Nu
Received 14 Oct 2005Evangelical College Bryntirion Hill Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DX
Received 27 Oct 200810 Heronstone Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Dp
Received 17 Jul 2006Field rear of 15-19 High Street Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HR
Received 19 Oct 20183 St Patricks Drive Wildmill CF31 1RP
Received 22 Jun 2016Tondu Cricket Club Bryn Road Tondu CF32 9EB
Received 22 Mar 20215 Brynteg Gardens Bridgend CF31 3EW
Received 14 Jun 2018Murco Service Station Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NH
Received 29 Apr 2010180 Bryn Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LA
Received 7 Dec 2020Can yr Afon Cwm y Pandy Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 27 Aug 201926 Gwelfor Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BL
Received 22 Nov 201214 Willow Close Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AB
Received 17 Sept 202657 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UT
Received 28 May 2010Home Bargains Unit A Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 23 Mar 2021Wyndham Arms Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 15 Feb 201952 High Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hy
Received 18 Nov 20055 Penylan Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LE
Received 25 Apr 20198 Heol West Plas Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PA
Received 11 May 2010Land at Meadow Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EU
Received 2 Sept 201983 Glenwood Close Coychurch CF35 5EU
Received 26 Jun 20173 Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 6 Aug 2012Land at Meadow Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EU
Received 22 Jan 20201 New Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Eh
Received 6 Oct 2003Records 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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