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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj 67 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LH
Received 30 Jul 2010Dwelling 9, Dyffryn Oaks Pencoed Bridgend
Received 20 Apr 20048 Adams Avenue Bryncethin CF32 9RX
Received 14 Sept 202013 Merlin Close Porthcawl CF36 3UB
Received 16 Oct 201845 Turberville Street Maesteg CF34 0LP
Received 25 Sept 2014Unit 4 Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 12 Jul 2011Garth Inn 140 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NE
Received 11 Dec 2009Next to Unit 6/7 Waterton Retail Park Waterton CF31 3TN
Received 15 Dec 20178 Beechwood Grove Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Su
Received 10 May 20043 Ysbryd Y Coed Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gf
Received 3 Jul 200716 Bryn Gorsedd Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pt
Received 23 Dec 200323 Well Street Laleston CF32 0LF
Received 17 Sept 202123 Chestnut Grove Maesteg Cf34 0Nt CF34 ONT
Received 8 Jun 200719 Hookland Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SE
Received 13 Feb 2007Pied Piper Coychurch Roundabout Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend Cf31 3Ry
Received 31 Oct 200317 Nantyffyllon Terrace Maesteg CF34 0HF
Received 2 Jun 202111 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LB
Received 10 Jan 2020Aber House Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Au
Received 25 Apr 2005Land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 23 May 2017Upper Tremains Farmhouse Maes Tanrallt Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AR
Received 4 Jan 201319 Priory Gardens Bridgend CF31 3LB
Received 6 Jul 2009Pren Per Rogers Lane Laleston Bridgend CF32 0EU
Received 3 Oct 2013Land Off Waterton Lane Waterton Bridgend
Received 20 Sept 2007Ty Newydd Farm Dan Yr Eglwys Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TJ
Received 31 Oct 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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