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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
8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Lime Tree Way, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5AU
Received 22 Sept 202548 Wernlys Road Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Ns
Received 29 Jul 200539 Nicholls Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LH
Received 2 Sept 2008Plot 48 Phase 4 Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Pencoed
Received 5 Oct 2015Unit 3 George Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TS
Received 24 Mar 2016Tennis Centre Island Farm Site Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LG
Received 20 Nov 2025Plot 97 Coed Parc Court Maesteg
Received 19 Nov 2003Plot adjacent to Forest Lodge Rear of 37 & 39 Kings Terrace Maesteg CF34 0HD
Received 19 Nov 20203 Fairfax Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3EN
Received 23 May 201326/28 Mary Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ya
Received 23 Aug 2004123 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NY
Received 6 Jul 200919 Dan Y Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BG
Received 30 Aug 2016Asda Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AU
Received 14 Dec 202130A Commercial Street, Maesteg, CF34 9DH
Received 9 Sept 20253 Aldenham Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PG
Received 30 Jun 2011Rear Seabank Hotel The Green Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LU
Received 15 Oct 201271 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AY
Received 9 Apr 20095 Ffordd Yr Eglwys North Cornelly CF33 4HW
Received 13 Jun 200827 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3La
Received 19 Dec 2003New Station House Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lf
Received 17 Aug 2005Land north east of Croft Goch Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HA
Received 18 Jun 202521 Pen Yr Heol Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4ND
Received 30 Aug 201312 Curlew Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QB
Received 13 Mar 2008Land Adj 95 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DQ
Received 22 Apr 2009Records 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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