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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
8,159 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-2 Ton View Kenfig Hill CF33 6EX
Received 3 Apr 20171 Hillside Court, Hillside Green, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4DS
Received 28 Jan 202513 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JQ
Received 2 Nov 2017Waterton Highways Depot Waterton Road Bridgend CF31 3YY
Received 3 Nov 201691 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf31 4Su
Received 7 Nov 200526A Llewellyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7By
Received 27 May 20054 Keats Close Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Pw
Received 26 May 2004Arosfa Ystadwaun Pencoed Cf35 6Pw
Received 25 Oct 2004Land At Plumley Close North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LP
Received 1 May 2007Land south of 50 Heol Tywith Maesteg CF34 0TL
Received 26 May 202017 Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 7 May 2019Salt Lake Car Park Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 27 Apr 2023Land R/O 38-41 Brynmawr Place Maesteg Cf34 9Pb
Received 27 Sept 2005Plot 5 Hendre Gardens Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 9 May 2006The Race 26 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HS
Received 26 Aug 2010North Cornelly Post Office 4 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Hs
Received 1 Feb 20073 The Willows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HD
Received 3 Dec 200710 Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PW
Received 8 Apr 2013Hendre Post Farm (Access Off A4061) Blackmill CF35 6DP
Received 6 Feb 2015Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Picton Court Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 18 Oct 2011118 Maple Drive Brackla Bridgend Bridgend Cf31 2Pr
Received 20 Feb 2004Land At 68 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HE
Received 29 Apr 2008Ger-Y-Nant Brook Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hq
Received 10 Jul 20061 The Retreat Bridgend CF31 3NU
Received 20 Mar 2015Records 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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