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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bodringallt Bryn Road Coychurch CF35 6AE
Received 26 Sept 2022Mynydd Bwllfa Land South Of A465 Hirwaun Aberdare Rct
Received 22 May 20097 Llynfi Court (Plot 24) Maesteg
Received 4 Sept 2006Land Off Locks Lane Porthcawl
Received 3 Dec 20042 Rock Street Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Bd
Received 19 Apr 2007107 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Cf34 9Eu
Received 8 Jun 200484 Craiglas Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NT
Received 23 Oct 200715 St Johns Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pw
Received 29 Jun 2007Bryn Siriol Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 11 Sept 2018Barclays Bank 90 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Dt
Received 10 Apr 2007Awelon, Maesteg Road, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, CF34 9SN
Received 14 Feb 202522 Llwyn Derwen North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Bh
Received 23 Mar 2006Plot 12 Cwm Coed Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SW
Received 19 Sept 2012Land at Nantyffyllon RFC Blosse Street Maesteg
Received 5 Mar 2025Units 35/36 Bennett Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sh
Received 16 Mar 200544 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PU
Received 7 Aug 2019Evangelical College Bryntirion House Bridgend
Received 29 Nov 2004North Lodge Pen-Y-Cae Lane Penycae Bridgend Cf31 4Le
Received 29 Mar 20075 Coed Ty Maen Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TG
Received 30 Jan 200857 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DH
Received 5 Nov 2018Tesco Store Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Sq
Received 15 Sept 200649 Glenwood Close Coychurch CF35 5EU
Received 12 Aug 2020Former Countrywide Store South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3PT
Received 26 Oct 20229 Heol Y Nant Bridgend CF31 4HT
Received 4 Jan 2022Records 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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