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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8,483 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
62 Mount Earl Bridgend Cf31 3Ey
Received 4 Jan 2006The Elms, West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ss
Received 5 Oct 200511 Maes Trawscoed Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AT
Received 25 Apr 20131 North Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ND
Received 19 Feb 200915 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4AP
Received 28 Apr 2020Plots 8 & 9 Llynfi Court Maesteg Bridgend
Received 3 Dec 2004Former Opencast Site Llanilid Llanharan Rct
Received 27 May 2005Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 16 Oct 2020Tryst Building & Warehouse Queens Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3UT
Received 17 Dec 2012157 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8De
Received 6 Sept 200431A Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 23 Nov 20164 Lark Rise Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nu
Received 10 Apr 200746 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 16 Jul 20194 Islington Road Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Qy
Received 18 Nov 2005Land east of Cwm Felin & south of Graig Terrace/Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill CF35 6EJ
Received 11 Jun 2025Brynmenyn Primary School Heol Yr Ysgol Tondu CF32 9EL
Received 21 Sept 2017Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 16 Nov 2020Brodawel Camping and Touring Park Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 26 Nov 2020Land Rear Of 65-66 Ael-Y-Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 21 Dec 2015Land off Princess Way northern roundabout North of Cae Cenydd Brackla Bridgend
Received 13 Jul 2026Port Talbot Steel Works
Received 27 Sept 2013Blast Furnace 4 Tata Steelworks Margam Port Talbot
Received 4 May 20124 Brynteg Avenue Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BB
Received 25 Feb 201313 Ael y Bryn Caerau Maesteg CF34 0YG
Received 29 Nov 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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