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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
64 Hazel Mead (Rear) Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Aq
Received 14 May 200465 Ael Y Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 27 May 2011128 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dt
Received 15 Aug 200744 Gwaun Bant Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LN
Received 22 Jan 200813 Llys Y Wennol Coity CF35 6FD
Received 19 Mar 201814 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 7 Nov 201638 Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NG
Received 5 Aug 2008South West Wood Products site Heol Llan Coity CF35 6BU
Received 31 Jul 2020Bridgend Railway Station Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1BB
Received 16 Sept 2015Bryncethin Fawr Farm Bryncethin CF32 9YG
Received 4 Nov 2019Tal Y Coed Heol Las Coity Bridgend CF35 6BS
Received 18 May 201131 Crown Rise Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Jy
Received 1 Feb 20056 Heol Y Felin Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TE
Received 18 Aug 201446 Heol Ty Gwyn Nantyffyllon Maesteg
Received 25 Feb 2004Former Wildmill Boiler House Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1YW
Received 1 May 2007Cosy Corner Porthcawl Harbourside Porthcawl CF36 3YR
Received 4 Jun 201918 Garn Road, Maesteg, CF34 9AS
Received 3 Feb 20251 Maes Bryn Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Tt
Received 20 Oct 2003Ty Talbot building Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 2 Jul 2019Land Adj 46 Pond Mawr Maesteg CF34 0NG
Received 16 Feb 201011 Ffordd Rhaglan Heol Y Cyw Cf35 6Lb
Received 23 Aug 20064 Tudor Drive Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Ye
Received 26 May 200661 St Michaels Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Bt
Received 21 May 20042 Meadow Avenue Kenfig Hill CF33 6NR
Received 6 May 2022Records 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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