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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brynhaulog Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 20 Sept 201113 Clos Tir Isaf (Lowland Close) Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BU
Received 30 Jan 2020Penybont Primary School Minerva Street Bridgend Cf31 1Td
Received 8 Jun 200797 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg CF34 9DQ
Received 2 Oct 2017Sker House (Barns) Kenfig CF36 3PJ
Received 13 May 2021134 Ffordd Cadfan Brackla CF31 2DQ
Received 19 May 2021Land At Cornelly Garage Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HY
Received 25 Jul 201223 Ton Y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PL
Received 13 Nov 2020Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 2 Dec 20211 The Mercies Porthcawl CF36 5HN
Received 3 Dec 2019Field Off Cefn Carfan Lane Bryncethin CF32 9JF
Received 11 Apr 2016Parc Derwen Off Parcel R18 Off Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend
Received 25 Mar 2010Land Adj The Dunes Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 4 Aug 2008Brackla Primary School Brackla Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EZ
Received 25 Jan 2010Plot 2 New Road Brynmenyn Bridgend
Received 13 Nov 20258 Park View Coychurch Bridgend
Received 2 Nov 2004Bryn Llynfi 55 Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EF
Received 7 Dec 201121 Hutchwns Close Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ld
Received 8 Nov 200429 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DR
Received 21 Jun 201920 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 24 May 200634 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 16 Apr 201021 St Winifreds Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PL
Received 24 Jun 2013Craig yr Aber Land to the north east of Forch-Orky Treorchy CF42 6TF
Received 29 May 2018Highfields Heol Yr Ynys Bridgend CF31 3LH
Received 4 Jun 2013Records 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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