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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Llynfi Court Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9NJ
Received 6 Aug 2009106 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TD
Received 27 May 200855 Hookland Road Porthcawl CF36 5SG
Received 7 Oct 2022Plot Rear Oakfield Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend CF32 9PA
Received 6 Jun 20126 Pandy Crescent Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ah
Received 10 May 2004Glamorgan Army Cadet Force Pontycymmer Detachment, Cadet Centre, Victoria Street, Pontycymer, CF32 8NN
Received 4 Feb 2025Unit 3 Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5HZ
Received 19 Jun 200942 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BN
Received 18 Nov 200899 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 22 May 201226 Ton Rhosyn Brackla CF31 2HU
Received 19 Jun 2024First Floor Flat 7C Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PY
Received 19 Nov 2007Lidl Food Store Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend Cf31 3Xx
Received 18 Apr 2007Caer Bryn Farm Queen Street Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HS
Received 3 Oct 2013Former Bethany Chapel Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SQ
Received 8 Aug 2016Cornelly Court School Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HU
Received 6 Nov 20061 Belmont Close Maesteg Cf34 0Lh
Received 4 Oct 2006Land Off Heol Tre Dwr Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 30 Sept 2013Penyfai Service Station Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ll
Received 2 Dec 2003Craig Y Parcau By Pass Road Bridgend Cf32 0Nt
Received 22 Nov 2006Plot 18 Llynfi Court Maesteg Park Maesteg
Received 16 Aug 2005Site Adj To 113 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NB
Received 19 Jul 2011Plot 17 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 9 Oct 2017Mynydd Bach Near Former St Johns Colliery Garth Maesteg
Received 7 Nov 200629 Brian Crescent Porthcawl CF36 5LE
Received 31 Oct 2023Records 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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