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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 13 Jun 20242 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 3 Sept 200486 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 4 Aug 2022Y Lletty Heol Yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 27 Aug 201327 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 11 Sept 2012Land Rear Of 5 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nx
Received 19 Jan 20071A Alma Road Maesteg
Received 9 Oct 2003Bridgend Paper Mills A4063 Nicholls Road Coytrahen to Bridgend Road Coytrahen CF34 9RS
Received 18 Jan 2021The Old Police Station Bethania Row Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AB
Received 26 May 200935 Laburnum Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ua
Received 29 Nov 200641 Duke Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 OLS
Received 24 Apr 200731 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 12 Jan 2017St Tudwg Churchyard Tythegston Bridgend Cf32
Received 19 May 20048 Longfellow Drive Bridgend CF31 4PR
Received 2 Jul 20088 Heol Bryncwtyn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PX
Received 15 May 2013Church View Victoria Buildings Coytrahen CF32 0EA
Received 12 Apr 2016Toilets Adj Pumphouse Boxing Gym New Road / Mackworth Road Porthcawl CF36 5BW
Received 13 Jun 2011Preswylfa Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 1 Sept 200669 Heol Maendy, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4DF
Received 1 Jun 20265 Caer Efail Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rw
Received 12 Sept 200327 Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 12 Dec 201311 Coed Caer Odin Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TN
Received 14 Jul 2021Land At Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 5 Jul 20109 Pen Y Fro Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JG
Received 19 Feb 2007Records 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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