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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Heol Dwyrain Brackla Bridgend Cf31 1Ts
Received 3 Jul 2006Windsor Building 6-10 Queen St Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 23 Feb 2012112 Wood Green Cefn Glas CF31 4DY
Received 2 Jun 2021Clement Farm Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0ND
Received 23 Sept 202130 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DH
Received 14 May 2009144 Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Nb
Received 23 May 2005Former car park opposite Social Club Abercerdin Road Evanstown CF39 8RR
Received 4 Dec 201767 Woodlands Avenue Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Uw
Received 5 Nov 2003Land Adj Chestnut Ways Nicholls Road Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Ep
Received 15 May 2006Land at former Archbishop McGrath School Heol yr Ysgol Tondu CF32 9EG
Received 18 Oct 2019Bradford Cottage Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 4 Jul 2022Driveway of Eyre Court House, Newton Nottage Road, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5PF
Received 26 Mar 20265 Maesgwyn Maesteg CF34 0JB
Received 5 Mar 201814 High Street Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8HY
Received 2 Mar 201243 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3YS
Received 13 Feb 2018Former Eastside Store Bettws Road Bettws CF32 8TS
Received 5 Jan 202282 Underwood Place Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LS
Received 11 Dec 2009Unit A Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 1 May 20141 St Davids Close Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RR
Received 2 Sept 201529 Lime Tree Way Danygraig Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 16 Aug 201033 Preswylfa Court, Bridgend, CF31 3NX
Received 11 Nov 202520 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dr
Received 18 Jul 2005Plot 39 Heronstone Park Heronstone Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Ax
Received 6 Jul 200724 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 25 Sept 2006Records 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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