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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
8,483 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bowls Pavilion Angel Street Bridgend
Received 13 Aug 200840 Parc Tyn Y Waun Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RG
Received 8 Apr 2008Land South Of 27 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ut
Received 22 Dec 200624 Highfield Avenue Litchard CF31 1QR
Received 26 May 20213 Aber Court Glyn Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AS
Received 6 May 201547 Park Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Er
Received 24 May 200451 Heol Y Fronfraith Fawr Broadlands CF31 5FR
Received 27 Mar 2024South Wales Wood Recycling Ltd Heol Llan Coity Bridgend CF35 6BU
Received 3 Apr 201360 Cuckoo Street Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dr
Received 6 Jul 2005137 Abercerdin Road Gilfach Goch Porth Cf39 8Rr
Received 11 Dec 2006Craig Yr Aber Land North East Of Forch-Orky Treorchy CF42 6TF
Received 18 Jul 201327 High Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hy
Received 1 Sept 20042 Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AN
Received 21 Sept 2017Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend
Received 11 Dec 2018109 Pendre Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pg
Received 9 Jun 200444 St Christophers Road Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RU
Received 19 Jul 2012Bethel Chapel Commercial Street Nantymoel CF32 7RA
Received 1 Dec 20144 Alexandra Road Maesteg CF34 0PL
Received 29 Sept 20176 Cwrt Y Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ST
Received 21 Oct 201415 Blosse Street Maesteg CF34 0HP
Received 9 Apr 2019Land At Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 28 May 201344 Maes Talcen Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LG
Received 2 Nov 200933 Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EF
Received 5 Oct 20221 Stratford Drive, Porthcawl, CF36 3LG
Received 22 Apr 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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