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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 St Michaels Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SB
Received 20 Aug 2024Former Margam Surface Mine Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 13 Dec 202129 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 19 May 20174 Primrose Close, Brackla, Bridgend Cf31 2Bs
Received 15 Mar 200512 Cae Bryn Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Dr
Received 28 Feb 20076 Heol Cae Tyla Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HR
Received 23 Mar 2011Land At Abergarw Trading Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lw
Received 5 May 200524 Llwyn-y-groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AJ
Received 7 Jun 2024100 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EU
Received 21 Aug 20129 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Lg
Received 16 Feb 2006Southern Embankment Of R/Way Bridge Tylagwyn, Pontrhyl Garw Valley Bridgend
Received 23 Apr 200415 Ysbryd Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 5 Jun 200748 Cae Canol Porthcawl Cf36 3Rs
Received 19 Mar 2004Aber House Aber Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AU
Received 28 Nov 201111 Well Street Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Lf
Received 16 Jun 2006Llynfi Valley Boxing Club 136/137 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DW
Received 10 Apr 202424 Austin Close Porthcawl CF36 5SN
Received 4 Feb 201929 Woodland Place North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EW
Received 28 Jul 2008The White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 30 Jul 2018Land At Parc Crescent Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 5 Apr 20077 Parc Deri Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Aq
Received 18 Apr 200511 Heol Llansantffraid Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NP
Received 15 May 2010Hut 9 Island Farm Bridgend
Received 11 Dec 201430 Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NY
Received 15 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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