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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
8,482 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land opposite 30 St Francis Road Wildmill CF31 1RY
Received 15 Jan 202030 Wyndham Crescent, Bridgend, CF31 3DN
Received 16 Jan 2025Hut 9 Island Farm Bridgend CF31 3LG
Received 20 Jan 201619 Pentyla Maesteg CF34 0BB
Received 17 Aug 2015107 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DE
Received 1 Nov 2013Plot Nos 4 & 5 All Saints Way Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nl
Received 29 Jun 200730 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DR
Received 19 Jun 2012Land Adj 5 Nicholls Road Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EP
Received 11 Jul 2012NatWest 26-28 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EN
Received 29 Apr 2025Land at Howell Street Nantymoel CF32 7RE
Received 11 Mar 202544 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 29 Feb 2016Hmp & Yoi Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity Bridgend CF35 6AP
Received 12 Mar 2009Plot 141 Carreg Erw Phase 2 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend CF35 6DQ
Received 26 Nov 2013Gadlys Farm Glynogwr Blackmill CF35 6EL
Received 5 Mar 201834 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend Cf31 4Da
Received 17 Feb 2006Land east of new Brynmenyn Primary School Brynmenyn Bridgend
Received 3 Mar 2020Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4HE
Received 30 Aug 2022Commercial area on land north of Heol Stradling Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6AN
Received 30 Mar 202217 Clos Tir Isaf Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BU
Received 16 Feb 2021Bethany Chapel Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Sr
Received 13 Nov 200645 East Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Nn
Received 14 Feb 200629 Chestnut Grove Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NT
Received 16 Nov 2007Plot 14 Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 8 Mar 2016Plot 17 Woodland Gardens, Pyle, CF33 4AQ
Received 16 Sept 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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