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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8,484 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Unit 11 Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Rq
Received 12 Jul 2005Plot 2, Station Road Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rd
Received 15 Oct 2004Tynton Farmhouse Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NY
Received 4 Feb 2014Mynydd Bwllfa Land South Of A465 Hirwaun Aberdare Rct
Received 4 Mar 20106 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 9 Apr 2018Spar Stores Unit 2B Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JS
Received 3 Jun 20131 The Willows Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hn
Received 15 Feb 2006St John's School Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Np
Received 10 Jan 2007Cae Helyg Farm Pant Hirwaun Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YJ
Received 1 Jul 2014Blaen Cwmdu Farm Cwmdu Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DH
Received 7 Mar 2007Unit 4 Brackla Street Centre Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 15 Dec 201019 St. Winifreds Road Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Pl
Received 6 Aug 200410 Church Street Aberkenfig, Bridgend Cf32 9Au
Received 29 Oct 20047 School Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HU
Received 24 Jan 2007Land Adj River Row House Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9La
Received 16 Oct 200644 Fulmar Road Porthcawl CF36 3UL
Received 15 Oct 2021Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses Sandy Lane Porthcawl CF36 5BW
Received 22 Oct 2013Crosswinds Heol Penyfai Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LS
Received 27 Mar 2009Anwen Care Home Heol Pantyrawel Pantyrawel CF32 7LA
Received 13 Oct 2016Plot Rear Of Y-Nythfa The Common Bryncoch Bryncethin CF32 9TA
Received 11 Mar 201612 Marigold Court Brackla CF31 2NB
Received 10 Apr 201722 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend Cf31 3En
Received 27 Jan 200511 Masefield Mews Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PS
Received 17 Sept 2009Barn and land at Mill Lane Bridgend CF31 4JD
Received 22 Jul 2024Records 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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