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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
8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 13 Apr 202612 Restway Gardens Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4HY
Received 23 Oct 2007South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 5 May 2020Porthcawl Football Club Locks Lane Porthcawl
Received 16 Sept 20211 Caroline Avenue North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LF
Received 22 Apr 20139 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 8 Aug 201652 Allt Dderw Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BZ
Received 17 May 2017Land Fronting 13,15,17 & 19 Tondu Rd Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 13 Jun 2007Hermon Chapel Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3AA
Received 13 Feb 201493 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Pw
Received 2 Apr 2007Land Adj 23 St Georges Avenue Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RS
Received 5 Apr 2011Grove Cottage Llangewydd Bridgend Cf32 0Eu
Received 25 May 200433 Meadow Lane Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Eu
Received 7 Mar 200645 Badgers Mead Brackla CF31 2PZ
Received 17 Jan 20223 Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DJ
Received 10 Apr 201224 Carn Wen Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bw
Received 13 Sept 2004Land former St Johns School Porthcawl CF36 5SJ
Received 4 Mar 2021Car Park Pay Office Brewery Lane Bridgend
Received 7 Dec 201122 Picton Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3AJ
Received 12 Aug 201913 Nantycrynwydd Maesteg Cf34 9Er
Received 14 Sept 20051 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6BY
Received 22 Feb 2008Site adjacent to 32/33 Cwrt y Mwnws Maesteg CF34 0AL
Received 20 Nov 202015 Rowans Lane Bryncethin CF32 9LQ
Received 14 Apr 2022The Co-operative Food Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 12 May 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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