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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
8,156 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Pangbourne Close Porthcawl CF36 3NL
Received 1 Aug 201312 Park Avenue Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Dh
Received 1 Oct 2003Land south west of the White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 2 Nov 2017Land adjacent to Brookland Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7SY
Received 19 Apr 20236 The Retreat Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ru
Received 7 Jul 2005Land Adj 285 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NA
Received 30 Jan 200988 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Da
Received 23 Aug 2005Woodstock Inn Station Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EP
Received 20 Nov 2013Former Stormy Down Airfield Pyle Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 8 Jul 200913 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JQ
Received 15 Sept 20226 Charles Avenue Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sj
Received 19 May 200427 Llwyn Glas Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AH
Received 24 Feb 200948 South View Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DG
Received 28 Oct 2021Formerly Swn Y Don Wig Fach Laleston CF32 0NH
Received 18 Dec 2017Lewis House Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NZ
Received 5 Oct 2020Land off Cwrt Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 11 Aug 2017Lidl Uk Gmbh Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 6 Nov 200610 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PD
Received 25 Nov 20214 Brynhyfryd Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HP
Received 30 May 2008Cefn Gelli Farm Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 29 Mar 201049 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn CF32 9UT
Received 17 Jan 201942 Skylark Road, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4PD
Received 22 Jan 2026The Co Operative Food Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 29 Jan 2020Nantymoel Woodland Land North East Of Nantymoel Ogmore Valley
Received 26 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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