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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8,502 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St. John's School Grounds Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Np
Received 6 Nov 200313 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ex
Received 20 Jan 200411 Meadow Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Dg
Received 5 May 2004Corneli Primary School Greenfield Terrace North Cornelly CF33 4LW
Received 6 Aug 20263 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HY
Received 28 Jul 2021Land Off North Road Adj. To Treforest Tiling Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Tp
Received 24 Apr 2006Maesycoed Heol Byeastwood Coity CF35 6BN
Received 29 Jun 2020Sanken Power Systems (UK) Ltd Pencoed Business Park pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 5 May 201713 Bradfield Avenue Bridgend CF31 4HL
Received 22 Feb 2021Unit 7 Spelter Industrial Estate Caerau Maesteg CF34 0TY
Received 8 Jun 20216 Dennis Place Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YP
Received 26 Mar 201034 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PE
Received 1 Apr 2011Melanie Lazarus & Co 38 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BN
Received 16 Aug 2013Pant Y Gibwn Farm Blackmill
Received 26 Sept 201694 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PW
Received 8 Dec 2010Land Off Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 8 Nov 20067 Ffordd Y Goedwig Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Hy
Received 11 May 20064 Lombard Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PA
Received 27 Jun 2012195 West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Rt
Received 30 Nov 200612 Cypress Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5BZ
Received 22 Feb 202423 Heol y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4SS
Received 8 Dec 2021Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 28 Oct 2020Fforch Nest Wind Farm Glyn Ogwr Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 15 Sept 201423 Heol Llwynyffynnon Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PR
Received 14 Dec 2009Records 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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