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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside Lextan Unit 1 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JS
Received 27 Oct 201448 Woodland Park Kenfig Hill Cf33 6Eb
Received 28 Aug 20076 Wyndham House Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 1 Mar 20176 Park View Coychurch CF35 5HS
Received 24 Oct 202254 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 19 Oct 2023Neuadd Domos Farm Llan Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SF
Received 15 May 2024Plot 2 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 20 Jan 2017Mione Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YR
Received 28 Jun 201126 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DR
Received 2 Dec 20113 Picton Place Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HS
Received 20 Sept 2013Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 19 Aug 2019Plot 10 land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 25 Aug 201628 Gwendoline Street Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Au
Received 20 Jan 2006Flat 1 17 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DL
Received 16 Mar 2018Land adjacent to 1 Dan y Graig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 26 Jul 2018Sainsbury's The Derwen Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 12 Dec 2016Llan Dewi Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend Cf35 6As
Received 2 Apr 200429 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LF
Received 14 Sept 2021Beechcroft House Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DX
Received 28 Apr 201623 Shakespeare Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Ry
Received 11 Jul 200622 Chestnut Drive Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 25 May 20217 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 3 Apr 2023Woodside 10 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Pf
Received 5 Oct 20056 Sker Walk Porthcawl CF36 3RA
Received 7 Jul 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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