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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
8,261 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Gentle Way Broadlands Bridgend
Received 10 Jun 2004Land at Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 21 Aug 20199 Willesden Road Cefn Glas CF31 4RE
Received 21 Jan 2020Sunrise Bungalow Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LR
Received 2 Apr 2013Heulfre Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0EH
Received 8 Jul 201034 Banc Yr Allt Bridgend CF31 4RH
Received 19 Aug 20147 Georgian Close Porthcawl CF36 5NB
Received 19 Aug 202122 Millers Avenue Brynmenyn Ind Estate Bridgend CF32 9TD
Received 30 Jul 2010The General Picton 57 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DH
Received 29 Apr 201023 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AP
Received 10 May 2012Dickenson Timber Products Former Farm Shop off A4063 Llangynwyd CF34 9RU
Received 2 May 20172 Brackla Street Bridgend CF31 1DD
Received 7 Apr 201627 Heol Castell Coety Litchard CF31 1PU
Received 23 Jun 2021Bridgend College Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3De
Received 10 Aug 20054 Larch Close Porthcawl CF36 5AQ
Received 29 Jul 2020Greyfriars Barn Clevis House Porthcawl CF36 5PB
Received 27 Sept 2016Land South Of Gelli Las Farm Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EG
Received 12 Jul 2011The Elms South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SY
Received 27 Nov 201722 Llwyn Derwen North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4BH
Received 21 May 200745 Ivor Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ah
Received 24 Mar 2005Land Adjoining Pen Y Lan Fach Pencoed Bridgend
Received 4 Oct 200619 Park Street Nantymoel CF32 7SF
Received 26 Jun 2023Barclays Bank, Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SB
Received 15 Nov 201111 Duffryn Close Coychurch CF35 5TA
Received 21 Oct 2019Records 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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