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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
8,504 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 St Michaels Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Pa
Received 19 Jan 200637 Bridgend Road Pont Rhyd Y Cyff Maesteg Cf34 9Sw
Received 21 Mar 200711 Bryntirion Close Bridgend CF31 4BZ
Received 27 Jul 2020232 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 13 Jun 202263 Darren View Llangynnwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Sg
Received 16 Dec 200527A Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Db
Received 27 Sept 20057 Meini Tirion Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Tl
Received 8 Apr 2005Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 5 Aug 2019Land Rear Of Lyndale Wig Fach Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NH
Received 1 Jun 2012ASDA Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AU
Received 26 Apr 2019Land At 21A Austin Ave Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 2 Nov 200619 South Street Bridgend CF31 3ED
Received 5 Mar 20103 Pugsley Gardens Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9DX
Received 3 May 20124 Well Street, Porthcawl, CF36 3BE
Received 13 Mar 202654 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5PR
Received 20 Aug 202421 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ap
Received 26 Jun 2007Land Off Llan Road (Cherry Lodge Farm) Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 7 Nov 2014New business/trade counter units, Unit 4a Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AJ
Received 5 Dec 2022South Wales Police Rfc Waterton Cross Bridgend CF31 3YU
Received 1 Mar 2011Old School House Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LT
Received 22 Jul 201124 Heol Bryncwils Bryncethin CF32 9UD
Received 27 Sept 201716 Llynfi Court Maesteg Cf34 9Nj
Received 23 Jun 200620 Celtic Road Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Yj
Received 18 Sept 2006Llys Ton Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6DE
Received 3 Jun 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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