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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Glan Y Llyn Broadlands North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ef
Received 24 Apr 20072 Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BB
Received 14 Jan 202085 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 5 Nov 2012Court House 30 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AS
Received 25 Nov 2011Former Day Care Centre Heol Tre Dwr Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 14 Nov 20136 St Leonards Road Bridgend Cf31 4Hf
Received 15 Jan 2007Land North Of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 10 Mar 201614 Simpsons Way Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LG
Received 3 Aug 2009Plots 2, 3, 4 Dimlands Main Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HN
Received 12 Dec 2008Filco Supermarkets Hermon Road Caerau Maesteg CF34 0SU
Received 21 Oct 2015Evans 25 Caroline Street Bridgend Cf31 1Dw
Received 21 Aug 200635 Tre Newydd Kenfig Hill CF33 6EZ
Received 28 Mar 2017Llangynwyd Village (Outskirts) Maesteg Bridgend
Received 30 Jan 2011Stormy West Landfill Site Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 21 Apr 2017Maple House All Saints Way Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Bx
Received 19 Jul 200413 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GB
Received 6 Jul 200954 Suffolk Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3EB
Received 12 Dec 200749 The Spinney Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Je
Received 9 Jul 200472 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0Aw
Received 12 Sept 2007Slim Chickens Bridgend Designer Outlet The Derwen Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 14 Oct 2024Six Bells Inn 120 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 11 Dec 2014Land Adj 4 Coegnant Cottages Heol Tywith Maesteg Bridgend
Received 28 Jun 2006Land At Gibbons Way North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 28 Aug 200730 Heol Y Goedwig Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DU
Received 24 May 2011Records 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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