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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ty Newydd Maes Y Deri Close Pencoed CF35 6YY
Received 25 Mar 201346-48 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JB
Received 26 Jan 20101 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5ET
Received 16 Apr 2025Former No's 10, 12 & 14 Sunnyside Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Aw
Received 4 May 20052 Mackworth Road Porthcawl CF36 5BP
Received 4 Dec 2018135 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Dw
Received 8 Apr 2004The Five Bells Inn 7 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HN
Received 14 Nov 2017Ewenny Quarry Ewenny Vale Of Glamorgan
Received 5 Aug 2005Former Rock Hotel 79 Picton Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hh
Received 18 Oct 200430 St Francis Road Wildmill CF31 1SN
Received 14 Jan 2020Rear of 23 Nottage Mead Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 13 Sept 201946 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 11 Mar 201510 Heol Cambrensis Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ja
Received 30 Nov 200676 Rockfields Porthcawl CF36 3NT
Received 20 Aug 20192 Hutchwns Close Porthcawl CF36 3LD
Received 10 Aug 2020Plot Adj 7 Pen Y Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HT
Received 22 Jan 201321 Sandpiper Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UF
Received 26 Oct 201518 Stonechat Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QF
Received 12 Sept 2012First Floor Co-Op Store Lias Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AH
Received 6 Feb 201242 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 30 Mar 2012Site adjacent 113 Bridgend Road Maesteg
Received 18 Sept 2018Penllyn Villa 7 Hawthorn Drive Coychurch CF35 5ER
Received 15 Sept 2020Land At Heol Cerdin Maesteg Cf34 9Gg
Received 31 Aug 200761 Bethania Street Maesteg CF34 9ET
Received 7 Jul 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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