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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Parkfields Road Bridgend CF31 4BJ
Received 13 Jun 2023Hafan Heol Las Coity CF35 6BS
Received 14 Feb 201850 Heol Maendy North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DF
Received 22 Apr 20102A Jubilee Road Bridgend CF31 3BA
Received 29 Sept 20088 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 28 Jul 2015Bayside Guest House 70 Mackworth Road Porthcawl CF36 5BT
Received 1 Jun 200972 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 18 Sept 2015Spar 14 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HP
Received 28 Aug 20126 Talbot Terrace Maesteg CF34 9YA
Received 13 Mar 201716 Station Road Maesteg CF34 9TF
Received 10 Apr 201910 Juniper Close Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Bx CF36 5RX
Received 30 Jul 2007Former firestation (next to nightclub) Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 12 Oct 2022Astra Games Ltd. Brocastle Avenue Waterton Ind. Est. Bridgend Cf31 3Ux
Received 12 Sept 2003Tusker House Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5ST
Received 29 Apr 20204 Nant Ffornwg Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TJ
Received 6 Dec 2023Newbridge Farm, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PN
Received 18 May 2026Cliff Cottage Cottage Gardens Laleston CF32 0HN
Received 17 Dec 20139 Elm Crescent Bryntirion Bridgend Cf31 4Ea
Received 11 Oct 2006Coronation Road Gilfach Goch
Received 30 Mar 2005Blaen Cwmdu Farm Maesteg Cf34 0Dh
Received 25 Jul 2007Hope Baptist Church Derwen Road / Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1EA
Received 11 Apr 2012Plas Penycae Penycae Bridgend CF32 9SN
Received 15 Feb 201331 Crown Rise Maesteg Cf34 0Jy
Received 5 Jan 2004113 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QN
Received 15 Aug 2014Records 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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