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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
41 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg Cf34 9Dg
Received 3 Aug 200544 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hh
Received 4 Nov 20031 Pant Hirgoed Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Yd
Received 28 Dec 2005Land At 1 South View Lower Adare Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LE
Received 26 Jun 200720 Clos Tir Isaf / Lowland Cl. Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Bu
Received 14 Mar 2006Court House Court Road Bridgend CF31 1BE
Received 12 Apr 201685 Neath Road Maesteg Cf34 9Pl
Received 29 Mar 2004Land adjacent to Penylan Farm Aberkenfig CF32 9AN
Received 28 Jul 202053 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 22 May 2009Land To Front Of Glanavon Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rl
Received 6 Nov 20033 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ad
Received 14 Nov 2003Bridgend College Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DF
Received 7 Jan 2010Frankie & Benny's Designer Outlet Village Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 14 Feb 2011Land At Ty Draw Farm Pyle
Received 25 May 2016Unit 1 The Harbour Porthcawl CF36 3BY
Received 11 Oct 2023Marlas Yard and Paddock Pyle CF33 4PE
Received 12 Mar 2024Island Farm Institute of Sport Island Farm Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 13 Jan 201728 Wind Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HU
Received 30 Nov 20212 Oakland Villas Nantymoel CF32 7NR
Received 8 May 201856 - 58 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AF
Received 10 Feb 202129 Nicholls Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5LH
Received 2 Jan 2018Ty Gwyn Y Gwlad Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 17 Aug 20125 Bryn Awel Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DL
Received 24 Nov 2009131 Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LU
Received 26 Feb 2010Records 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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