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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mcdonalds Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 5 Feb 201653 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AE
Received 6 Mar 2015Aba Plastics Ltd, David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sa
Received 20 Sept 200430 Heol Y Fronfraith Fawr, Broadlands, Bridgend, CF31 5FR
Received 1 Apr 202670 Heol Tegfryn Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LY
Received 13 Mar 2007Trecco Bay Holiday Park Porthcawl CF36 5PW
Received 16 Apr 202160 St Illtyds Road Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Jy
Received 6 Jul 20051 Stonechat Close Rest Bay, Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Qf
Received 27 May 2004Mynydd Marchywel Between Rhos & Cilfrew Neath
Received 14 Dec 2012South Wales Police HQ Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 4 Oct 201643A Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ln
Received 9 Jan 200412 Llys Ceirios Coity CF35 6QB
Received 18 May 2021Land Off Whitethorn Drive Brackla Bridgend
Received 12 May 2009Hi Tide Mackworth Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Bt
Received 17 Sept 2004Land Adj To 39 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 8 Feb 20162 Sandymeers Porthcawl CF36 5LP
Received 15 Jul 2020123 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ny
Received 7 Apr 20063 Browning Close Bridgend CF31 4PT
Received 2 Dec 200912 Shakespeare Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Ry
Received 11 Jul 2006Land At Maesteg Row Maesteg CF34 9DX
Received 21 Aug 2015Land Adj Heol Ty With Nantyffyllon Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0TL
Received 22 Feb 200812 Ffordd Sanderling Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Td
Received 18 Apr 2007Bettws Social Club Heol Dewi Sant Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 28 Mar 2025Land rear of 23 & 24 Bryn Glas Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AA
Received 26 Apr 2017Records 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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