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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 13 Oct 2021Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 28 Jun 201955 High Street Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HY
Received 19 Oct 201731 Hollyhock Drive, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2NS
Received 4 Sept 202665 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LY
Received 16 Mar 2017West Park Primary School West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 15 May 2015Station House Glanavon Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7RP
Received 15 Nov 201816 Court Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9ED
Received 14 Sept 200930 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Lq
Received 30 Dec 200476 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 3 Nov 202172 Glenwood Close Coychurch CF35 5EU
Received 12 Oct 20206 Esterling Drive Porthcawl CF36 3JL
Received 28 Jan 20165 Deri Cochion Pencoed CF35 6LH
Received 7 Oct 2020Site of former Sunnyside Council Offices and Magistrates Court Glan-y-Parc/Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 8 Aug 202421 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 24 Mar 201021 Clos Penglyn Pencoed CF35 6NX
Received 19 Oct 201864 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 9 Oct 2013Land North Of Penybryn Cottages Bryngarn Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 14 May 2009Maesteg Outdoor Market Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9DA
Received 25 Oct 20191 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jf
Received 19 Jan 200483 Trem Y Mor Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Hb
Received 21 Jun 20068 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 19 Oct 2010Tyla Coch Farm Bettws CF32 8UE
Received 6 Nov 2019Land At Cwm Ffoes Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 14 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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