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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8,504 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AY
Received 13 Jul 201513 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LA
Received 27 Nov 2018300 New Road Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pl
Received 3 Apr 2006Dunraven Business Park, Bridgend
Received 23 Aug 2016Maerdy Wind Farm Land Off Rhigos Road (A4061) Treherbert CF44 9UF
Received 14 Feb 2013Oddfellows Court Tonna Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0RU
Received 29 Sept 2009Land at Dainton Business Park Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 6 Nov 2025133 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3BD
Received 14 Jun 20167 Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SB
Received 2 Nov 201667 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rd
Received 7 Jun 20041 Vale View Bryn Rd Ogmore Vale
Received 7 Apr 200639 Springfield Gardens Coity Road Bridgend Cf31 1Np
Received 27 Sept 200430 Maes Dewi Pritchard Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ET
Received 13 Feb 2017Former St Johns Ambulance site Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AY
Received 4 Nov 202010 Hutchwns Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LD
Received 14 Sept 201022 Verlands Way Pencoed CF35 6TY
Received 29 Nov 201622 Heol Y Berllan Pyle CF33 6LE
Received 22 Oct 2020Commercial Centre Parc Derwen Bridgend
Received 9 Nov 202010 Station Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ad CF34 9AL
Received 1 Dec 2006Land Rear Limelight Graphixs David Street Bridgend Ind Estate
Received 21 May 2007Land R/O 8 Heol Cae Defaid Maesteg
Received 24 Feb 200412 St Mary's Crescent Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UX
Received 16 Nov 20079 Ty Merchant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PN
Received 8 Mar 201073 Woodland Avenue Pencoed CF35 6UW
Received 13 Mar 2019Records 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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