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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8,482 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 17 May 202213 Maes Glas Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Al
Received 2 Feb 2007Kenfig Hill Fire & Rescue Service Ffald Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ad
Received 3 Aug 200518 Cae Beddgelert Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FH
Received 25 Jun 201849 Allt Dderw (Plot 63) Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bz
Received 20 Jul 200542 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 16 Oct 2003Rose Cottage Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AE
Received 22 Jul 20106 Mallard Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TQ
Received 14 Apr 2008Land Adj 11/12 Goodwin Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ys
Received 24 Jun 2004Plot 4 Land Off Blandy Terrace Nantymoel Ogmore Vale Cf32 7Nr
Received 8 Apr 20049 De Londres Porthcawl CF36 9JE
Received 10 Jul 20204 Priory Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PE
Received 16 Nov 202313 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 28 Feb 2014Woolworths Porthcawl 1A John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ar
Received 20 Oct 2006Cefn Parc Stud New Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BP
Received 5 Dec 2013Plot 65 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 17 Sept 2018Ropsley, The Square, Porthcawl, CF36 3BW
Received 15 Jan 202535 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 22 Jun 2005123 Llewellyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 29 Jul 2009Land At Glan Y Nant Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 14 Nov 20034 Pentwyn Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SB
Received 12 Jul 2010Land Adj Green Meadow Cottage Cymdda Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SL
Received 3 Jun 2011Ysgol Bryn Castell Site Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 9 Nov 20151 Dros Olwg y Mynydd Lewistown Ogmore Vale CF32 7LU
Received 31 Oct 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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