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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Two Stones Crescent, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6DZ
Received 31 Mar 2025Church Lodge Penyfai CF31 4LT
Received 19 Mar 2020Monkstone House Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HU
Received 1 Jul 200916 Maes Y Wern Pencoed CF35 6TE
Received 8 Jan 2019117 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SU
Received 13 Mar 2009Land rear of 10 Llanharan Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7TA
Received 22 Feb 201864 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 14 Feb 201431 Pen Yr Heol Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4ND
Received 23 Nov 201211 - 13 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 27 Jun 20122 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Df
Received 24 Feb 200653 Heol Y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 18 May 2021Former Croeso Centre (Maesgwyn Hospital) Highland Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YL
Received 16 Aug 20119 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SS
Received 6 Mar 2013Land east of Pencoed Bridgend
Received 24 Apr 2024Manor Farm Cottage Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 31 May 201845 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ey
Received 6 Apr 200456 Priory Avenue Bridgend Cf31 2Lr
Received 19 Jul 20063 Heol Y Fronfraith Fawr Broadlands CF31 5FR
Received 30 Apr 201414 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 15 Feb 2016Heron House Heronsbridge School Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HT
Received 29 Sept 201711 & 13 Coed Y Cadno Cavendish Parc Penyfai CF31 4GA
Received 22 Jun 2015The Atlantic Hotel West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LT
Received 25 Jul 200838 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 11 Feb 2009The Vestry Meadow Street Pontycymmer CF32 8HG
Received 6 Sept 2016Records 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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