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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8,504 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Minffrwd Fishery Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NT
Received 24 Oct 2008Plot 9, Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle, Bridgend Cf33 6Bj
Received 18 Oct 2004Former Bayswater Tubes Site Heol Y Geifr Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UG
Received 30 Sept 2008Brodawel Laleston CF32 0NR
Received 11 Oct 20186 Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Ly
Received 10 May 2004Land Adj Le Raj Restaurant Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RE
Received 30 Dec 2013David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sa
Received 9 Feb 2004New Street Surgery 1-3 New Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BL
Received 27 Jan 2015134 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HA
Received 24 May 202315 Meadow Walk Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ew
Received 16 Jul 2004Harden House 115 Oxford Street Pontycymer CF32 8DE
Received 31 Mar 2015Pencoed Technology Park Felindre Meadows off Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HZ
Received 2 Dec 20223 Shakespeare Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RY
Received 2 May 20142 Sker Cottages Waun Y Mer Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 22 Mar 20101 St John's Priory Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NG
Received 3 Mar 2014Rear Of Cricket Pavilion Newbridge Fields Bridgend
Received 28 Feb 2013Glan Y Mor Maudlam, Ton Kenfig, Bridgend Cf33 4Pr
Received 16 Dec 2003St Roberts Primary School Danylan Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AB
Received 23 Oct 2012Windrush Restaurant Ton Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pt
Received 7 Mar 20067 Salisbury Road, Maesteg, CF34 9EG
Received 24 Sept 2026Land off Maestseg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 2 Nov 2020%Haul Y Bryn% Llangynwyd Bridgend Cf34 9Sy
Received 19 Sept 2005Red Dragon Litchard Hill Bridgend CF31 1QJ
Received 3 Jul 2007The Croft 74 Hookland Road Porthcawl CF36 5SG
Received 8 Oct 2020Records 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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