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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 14 Apr 2022Land Adj 3 Godra Bryn Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TU
Received 11 Nov 2008Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LL
Received 16 Nov 20217 Heol Y Fedwen Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NS
Received 12 Feb 200889 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 13 Sept 200730/32 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BN
Received 14 Jun 2016Dogs Trust Court Colman Boarding Kennels Court Colman Farm Penyfai CF31 4NG
Received 17 Nov 201610 Woodlands Rise Oaklands Bridgend Cf31 4Sw
Received 7 Oct 2003Piggery Barn, Manor Farm Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 30 Nov 2017Plots 32 & 33 Duffryn Oaks Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LZ
Received 30 Jan 200923 Austin Avenue Laleston CF32 0LG
Received 13 Aug 2018Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith CF32 0BS
Received 8 Dec 20143 Hillcrest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 27 Jun 201414 Ffordd Antwn Tondu Bridgend CF32 9GD
Received 28 Oct 201398 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LT
Received 12 Apr 202457 Preswylfa Court Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 17 Sept 20202-4 Heol Dewi Sant (Plot Btwn 2B & 6) Bettws CF32 8SU
Received 27 Jan 201520 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 13 Apr 201678 Beach Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NE
Received 30 Sept 2015Rear yard of Manning Construction Ltd Brodawel Coychurch CF35 5BU
Received 6 Aug 2019Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 14 Apr 2020The Bungalow Gwernllwyn Fawr Farm Llangeinor Road Bettws Bridgend CF32 8UL
Received 15 Jan 200920 Woodside Avenue, Litchard, Bridgend, CF31 1QF
Received 10 Oct 202421 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DU
Received 26 Mar 2014Records 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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