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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
8,502 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryn Garw House Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AT
Received 7 Oct 2022Manderlay Stormy Down Bridgend Cf33 4Rt
Received 19 Mar 2007Principality House Main Avenue Litchard Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2BB
Received 3 Nov 201124 Alexandra Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HB
Received 26 Mar 201032 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Hr
Received 15 Oct 200319 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NY
Received 6 Dec 2007R/O 25 Chestnut Way Bryntirion Bridgend Cf31 4Er
Received 18 Jul 20065 Ysbryd Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 8 Sept 20117 Ramsey Close, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3QG
Received 24 Apr 202538A Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JB
Received 15 May 200948 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 29 Jun 2012Cae Cael Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 4 Apr 2023Land At Heol Goedog Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 11 Mar 200410 Woodside Avenue Litchard CF31 1QF
Received 24 Apr 2020131 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QJ
Received 1 Mar 201633 Heol Neuadd Domos, Cwmfelin, Maesteg, CF34 9GA
Received 18 Sept 2025Cornerways 2 The Whimbrels Porthcawl CF36 3TR
Received 18 Jun 202114 Lewis Avenue Bridgend CF31 4JJ
Received 1 Jul 2020Plot 104, Woodland Gardens Cilghant Y Lein Bridgend CF33 4AJ
Received 7 Mar 201614 Goldsmith Close, Cefn Glas, Bridgend, CF31 4RZ
Received 18 Jun 2025Former Playground Fountain Road Aberkenfig CF32 0EW
Received 3 Dec 2014Plot At Abergarw Ind Est Brynmenyn
Received 22 Sept 200410 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hf
Received 11 Nov 20042 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SS
Received 3 Apr 2008Records 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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