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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LA
Received 1 Apr 2010Pwll Y Waun Lake Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 27 Jul 2007Plot 19 Afon Gardens Abergarw Road Bridgend CF32 9LF
Received 15 Sept 2014Land Rear Of 61 Ewenny Road Bridgend
Received 3 Aug 2007Former Washery Site Off Crown Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AB
Received 13 Mar 2008Bettws Football Club Bettws Bridgend CF32 8YR
Received 4 Aug 2010Unit 15 Ogmore Crescent Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TE
Received 20 Apr 201824 Herbert Street Bridgend Cf31 1Tj
Received 19 Jul 2006Land Rear 1-9 Austin Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SN
Received 12 Mar 2007Trafalgar Wood Btw South Place/Close & Suffolk Close Porthcawl
Received 14 Jan 20159 Cymmer Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Yr
Received 28 Sept 200426 Heol Cadrawd Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Te
Received 5 Jul 2006Land Opposite 2 Llynfi View Caerau Maesteg CF34 0RE
Received 3 Jul 2015Dunraven House Stormy Down Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Ah
Received 29 Nov 200646 Wernlys Road Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Ns
Received 13 Jun 20072 The Croft Green Meadow Terrace Llangeinor CF32 8PD
Received 1 May 2018Peyton Travel Limited Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AG
Received 1 Dec 2025B2 (Plot 112) Village Farm Road, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Pyle, CF33 6BL
Received 13 Dec 2024Unit 18 Brackla Street Centre Bridgend CF31 1DD
Received 30 Apr 2010Abergarw Farm New Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Ll
Received 9 Jun 2006Field At Cefn Carfan Isaf Farm Bryncethin CF32 9JF
Received 16 Mar 2015Ty Thomas Joint Vehicle Maintenance Newlands Avenue Litchard Industrial Estate CF31 2DA
Received 21 Sept 2023Llangewydd Arms District Centre, Gentle Way Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Ej
Received 17 Oct 2006Castle Green Cottage Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend CF35 6AU
Received 16 Aug 2012Records 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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