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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8,502 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Yard Laleston Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0EU
Received 26 Apr 20161 Sea View Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BE
Received 20 Jan 2015Llangewydd Farm Rogers Lane Laleston Bridgend CF32 0EU
Received 10 Aug 2010Picton Court Care Home 200 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RT
Received 31 May 2019Former Floors Today unit Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 22 Jul 2021Newton Nottage Rd Allotments Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 16 Nov 20069 Blackmill Road Bryncethin CF32 9YN
Received 14 Feb 20224 Ty Bryn Terrace Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PT
Received 7 Sept 2021Blue Seas, 72 Beach Road Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ne
Received 26 Feb 2007Llwyn On 49 Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YN
Received 29 Oct 2007Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ
Received 17 Apr 202512 Llys Gwyn Maesteg Cf34 9Bg
Received 6 Jul 20072 Cedar Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Af
Received 11 Feb 20042 Heol Blandy Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FN
Received 31 Aug 201643 Sandpiper Road Rest Bay Porthcawl Bridgend Bridgend Cf36 3Ut
Received 6 Apr 2004Glan Ewyn Main Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HB
Received 18 Sept 20127 Heol Llwyndyrus Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SU
Received 1 Apr 2008Meiros Priory Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PE
Received 20 Sept 2017Old Bakehouse Heol-y-Llyfrau Aberkenfig CF32 9PL
Received 3 Apr 2023Bryn Garden Highfield Place Sarn CF32 9RR
Received 12 Nov 20212 Ashgrove Bryntirion CF31 4EE
Received 27 Feb 20171 Penylan Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QW
Received 19 Sept 200730 Heol Groes Faen Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SW
Received 28 Jun 2010Plot 242 11 Clos Y Golomen Caeau Gleision Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FQ
Received 26 Oct 2011Records 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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