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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
83 Springfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1HP
Received 26 Jul 201176 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 22 Jun 2011F P Hurley and Sons Ltd Queens Road South Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3UR
Received 12 Sept 20178 Pangbourne Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NL
Received 23 Oct 2012Land North West Side Of Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1PG
Received 28 Apr 2015Ton Philip Laleston Bridgend CF32 OHH
Received 21 Apr 2008Side Of 77 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RY
Received 5 Jan 201666 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 2 Nov 200791 Mountain View North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EH
Received 25 Jan 20171 Sanderling Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TT
Received 9 Feb 200938 Austin Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Rs
Received 1 Aug 200637 Rockfields Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3NT
Received 30 Dec 2015Land Adj. To Maesteg R.F.C. Llynfi Road Maesteg
Received 22 Sept 20049A Well Street, Porthcawl, Bridgend Cf36 3Be
Received 28 Feb 20058 Clos Santes Fair Pencoed CF35 5LL
Received 2 Jan 2019Bryntirion Infant School Bryn Golau Bryntirion CF31 4DD
Received 17 Jun 202420 Waunscil Avenue Bridgend CF31 1TX
Received 30 Jan 2017Land Adj 8 Talbot Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6El
Received 22 May 2006Seven Oaks Court Colman Road Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ne
Received 13 Mar 20068 St Davids Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BN
Received 26 Apr 201211 Jenkins Street Bridgend CF31 3AN
Received 3 Jun 201953 Ystrad Fawr Bridgend Cf31 4Hp
Received 1 Aug 200614 Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5RN
Received 7 Dec 2016Privet Cottage 27 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5PF
Received 14 Aug 2013Records 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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