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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
8,503 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 27 May 201429 Croft Goch Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ha
Received 4 Aug 2005Pyle Garden Centre Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 29 Jan 201820 Heol Y Groes Litchard CF31 1QZ
Received 25 May 2018St Dyfodwg Llandyfodwg/ Glynogwr
Received 3 Nov 200488 Parc Tyn Y Waun Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RH
Received 22 Jan 2008The Old Police Station John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 8 Mar 20165 Railway Terrace South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Rw
Received 2 May 2006South Wales Police Waterton Cross Waterton Road Bridgend
Received 6 Apr 20069 Silurian Way Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Aq
Received 23 Sept 2010Next to 59 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 30 Jul 202525 Maiden Street, Cwmfelin, Maesteg, CF34 9HR
Received 29 Apr 202616 The Whimbrels Porthcawl CF36 3TR
Received 17 Jul 2019Newbridge Farm, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PN
Received 18 May 202631 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Hd
Received 10 Apr 2006Rear Of Crown Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 2003Parcel L15 (Coity buffer) Parc Derwen Coity
Received 3 Feb 202012 Cheltenham Terrace Bridgend CF31 3AH
Received 26 May 2009Parc Plaza Retail Outlet A473 Waterton Roundabout Waterton CF31 3XY
Received 8 Aug 2023Land Rear Waun Fach Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7PR
Received 31 Aug 20129 Walters Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DL
Received 21 May 2015Land adj 13 Heol Tre Dwr Waterton CF31 3AJ
Received 17 Mar 2015Laleston Service Station Laleston Bypass A48 South Laleston Bridgend Cf32 Oly
Received 23 Jan 200614 Ashbrook Bridgend CF31 2AT
Received 3 Mar 2021Records 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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