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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
8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 27 Nov 201743 St John Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7BA
Received 30 Mar 202030 Park Terrace Tondu CF32 9HE
Received 13 Oct 2016Y Nyth Main Road Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Hw
Received 14 Dec 200626 Greenfield Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 4 Jan 202142 Pyle Inn Way, Pyle, Bridgend, CF33 6LP
Received 4 Aug 2025Gaythorne & Rhos Celyn Litchard Terrace Litchard CF31 1PL
Received 3 Aug 2017Tesco Store (New) Off Castle Street Maesteg Cf34 0Az
Received 31 May 2007Megasave Superstore 46 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 25 Sept 201726 Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Da
Received 16 Apr 2007Land Adjacent 125 Penymynydd Bettws CF32 8SB
Received 3 Feb 201556 Burns Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Py
Received 16 Dec 20037 Maes Y Dderwen Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hn
Received 17 Oct 200315 Heol Shon Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bg
Received 25 Jun 2004Cefn Gelli Farm Bettws Road Llangeinor CF32 8PH
Received 21 Jul 201640 Ffordd Y Mynach Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ht
Received 31 Oct 2003Derllwyn House Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DL
Received 25 May 2016Min Y Mor Wig Fach Porthcawl CF32 0NH
Received 15 Mar 2024Jewson, Kingsway, Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3RY
Received 17 Jan 20251 The Croft Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9RL
Received 22 Apr 2010Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 6 Jul 202324 Orchard Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ra
Received 30 Dec 20043 Sibrwd Y Dial Bridgend CF31 4GB
Received 31 Aug 2007Castle Cottage 89 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 10 Nov 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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