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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
8,461 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land south-east of Sandown Heol Las Mawdlam To Heol Drewi Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PR
Received 10 Nov 2020Land at Brynmenyn and Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 30 Mar 20231 Lloyd Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0RA
Received 3 Jan 2013Oakdale Heol Y Geifr Pencoed CF35 6UN
Received 8 Mar 2016Greggs, 31 John Street, Porthcawl, CF36 3AP
Received 21 Jan 2025Plot B2 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 24 Apr 2025Land Adj Duffryn House Coegnant Road Caerau Maesteg
Received 6 Dec 2007Wildmill Body Repair Centre Trews Field Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 4LH
Received 21 Jul 200821 Parcau Road Bridgend CF31 4TA
Received 15 Apr 201176 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 10 Sept 20113 Caradog Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Px
Received 3 Oct 20032 Heoly Groes Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qe
Received 21 Sept 200529 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PE
Received 24 Dec 2009119 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Bb
Received 2 Jan 2007Port Talbot Steelworks
Received 24 Jan 201418 Bedford Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bw
Received 23 May 200516 Talbot Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bw
Received 5 Aug 2005Plot 15 Abergarw Farm Site Brynmenyn
Received 17 May 2016Clannad House Vale View Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DP
Received 31 Aug 20219 Davies Avenue Litchard CF31 1PS
Received 10 Apr 201837 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QN
Received 16 Nov 2007Land rear of Briary Wood Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PT
Received 16 May 2018Agricultural land to the south of Moel Ton-Mawr and west of Mynydd Margam Neath Port Talbot
Received 20 Mar 20235 Glan-Y-Llyn, North Cornelly, Bridgend Cf33 4Ef
Received 27 May 2005Records 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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