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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8,503 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Orchard The Court Coychurch CF35 5EH
Received 3 Sept 202013 Church Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AG
Received 18 Sept 2008Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 3 Jun 20207 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 5Hy
Received 29 Sept 200311 Brian Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LE
Received 26 Mar 20077 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 2 Dec 2021Land Rear Of Jubilee Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ba
Received 23 Oct 200675 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 26 Apr 20227 Spoonbill Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UR
Received 12 Mar 201335 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 5 Oct 2020Unit 11 Queens Court Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TQ
Received 17 May 2019118 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 22 Jun 202319 Bedford Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BW
Received 1 Jul 2010Veronica Cottage West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SR
Received 6 Sept 20166 Heol Y Llwyni Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Dj
Received 31 Jul 2006Carmax Car Sales York House Tremains Road Bridgend Cf31 1Tz
Received 24 Nov 2005Land At Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LX
Received 25 Apr 2008Swn Y Nant Cwm Risca Lane Tondu Bridgend CF32 0EH
Received 1 Oct 2008Heathbridge Miners Square Pisgah Street Pyle Bridgend CF33 6DD
Received 9 Jan 201343 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LN
Received 23 Mar 200756-58 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AD
Received 28 Oct 2008Newton Down Windfarm Stormy Lane Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 18 May 2012Rose Bungalow Wigfach Porthcawl
Received 18 Dec 2003Whitehouse Bryncoch Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YB
Received 15 Sept 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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