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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
8,500 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LB
Received 12 Dec 20089 Laleston Close Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Hw
Received 10 Sept 200477 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AW
Received 9 Feb 2015Land Off Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 14 May 2010Land adjacent to 23 Honeysuckle Way Brackla CF31 2NT
Received 19 Nov 201873 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PU
Received 17 May 2017Rear 28 Queen Street Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HS
Received 4 May 200727 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Da
Received 23 Apr 200444 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 1 Nov 202116 Meadow Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7DG
Received 15 May 2014Land at Sunnybank Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4QP
Received 11 Apr 20178 Sker Court Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RR
Received 25 Feb 201364 Ystad Celyn Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LT
Received 14 Oct 200811 Fairfield Road Bridgend Cf31 3Dt
Received 18 May 200427 Heol Waldsassen Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LW
Received 16 Sept 2011Ty Therapia Reneuron Limited Pencoed Business Park Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 1 May 201814 Llwyn Y Groes Bridgend Cf31 5Aj
Received 3 May 2005Fairfield House Maesteg Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SN
Received 28 Oct 20159 Wind Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HU
Received 30 Mar 2021Bridgend Coastal Path (6 Locations) Merthyr Mawr, Newton Burrows Porthcawl Harbour Sker Point, Kenfig Nnr
Received 7 Jun 2012Land At & Adj Gwalia House Duffryn Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SS
Received 24 Jul 201263 Darren View Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Sg
Received 4 May 2006Manderlay Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RT
Received 17 Feb 20212 Oaklands Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4St
Received 6 Dec 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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