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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8,461 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
38 Castle View Bridgend CF31 1HL
Received 16 Jun 200827 Ysbryd-Y-Coed Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Gf
Received 11 Nov 2003Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Jh
Received 25 Sept 200313 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 31 Aug 200922 St Marys View Coychurch CF35 5HL
Received 28 Jul 202065 Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LU
Received 16 Jan 2008Leggetts Logistics Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 25 Mar 20043 Clos Y Capel Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sj
Received 21 Aug 2006Police Headquarters St James Rise Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Su
Received 6 Jan 20045 Railway Terrace South Cornelly CF33 4RW
Received 14 Dec 202150 Bryn Rhedyn Pencoed CF35 6TL
Received 14 Apr 2020Land at Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 27 Oct 20223 Alexandra Road Maesteg CF34 0PL
Received 29 Sept 201724 Burns Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 25 Nov 2003Biotec Units 2100,2110 & 2120 Central Park Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RT
Received 2 Aug 2012Land At Cae Gleision Farm Laleston Bridgend
Received 22 Oct 2008Bennett Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sh
Received 10 Feb 2004Deano's Cafe, 13 Millers Avenue, Brynmenyn Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF32 9TD
Received 13 Jan 2026West House Public House West House Road Cefn Glas CF31 4RJ
Received 2 Feb 2017United Servicemans Club 35-37 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Dl
Received 14 Feb 200720 Heol Cynwyd Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9TB
Received 29 Aug 2024Plot 2600 Central Park off Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TY
Received 19 Mar 2024Bryn Haulog, Heol-Yr-Ysgol, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BL
Received 11 Mar 202512 Ffordd Y Goedwig Pyle Bridgend CF33 6HY
Received 17 Jul 2025Records 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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