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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8,159 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Clares Court Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 25 Jan 20237 Fairplace Close Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BY
Received 29 Jan 201023 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Bw
Received 20 Feb 200428 Llwyn-On Broadlands North Cornelly CF33 4EA
Received 3 Apr 201823 Jubilee Crescent Bridgend Cf31 3Ay
Received 17 Mar 200416 Exchange Street Maesteg CF34 9EA
Received 18 Mar 201642 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 29 Jul 2022Pant Y Cornant Farm Glynogwr Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 28 Feb 201228 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PJ
Received 7 Dec 20124 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Ad
Received 25 Apr 2006Land at Newlands Avenue, Brackla Industrial Estate, Bridgend
Received 17 Oct 202431 Gelli Aur Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JQ
Received 18 Jul 2008Footway Off New Road / Aldenham Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RY
Received 5 May 2011Reserve Forces & Cadets Assoc. Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Nn
Received 25 Nov 2005New Station House Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9La
Received 24 Jul 2007Land adjacent to commercial area Ffordd y Celyn Coity CF35 6QS
Received 6 Jun 2023Matthew Price Pharmacy 1 Talbot Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bt
Received 12 Jan 200613 Felindre Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PD
Received 4 Feb 201127 Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas CF31 4PG
Received 18 Jul 2018The Maltings 2 Treoes Road Coychurch CF35 5EW
Received 30 Sept 2015Tyn Y Coed Nicholls Road Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EP
Received 3 Jan 2012St Johns Church Churchyard Newton Porthcawl
Received 19 Jun 20136 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UH
Received 7 Oct 2011Former Bridgend Pupil Referral Unit Heol Persondy Aberkenfig CF32 9RF
Received 23 Aug 2016Records 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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