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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 14 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Ind Estate Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Bj
Received 6 Oct 20051 Monks Close Pyle CF33 6LF
Received 8 Oct 20192 Picton Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3AJ
Received 17 Jan 2005Ty Gwalia, New Road Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bp
Received 5 Jun 200638 Mount Earl Bridgend Cf31 3Ey
Received 22 Dec 2006Texaco Garage Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend CF33 6HR
Received 2 Oct 2009Bridgend College Queens Road Bridgend Ind. Estate Bridgend CF31 3UT
Received 8 Jan 201012A Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Nh
Received 12 Jun 2007Unit 37C & 37D Designer Outlet Village Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 18 Mar 2015Sony Pencoed Technology Centre Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed CF35 5HZ
Received 18 Sept 2023Rear Of 47 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 14 Jul 2015Garth Welfare Park, Bridgend Road, Maesteg
Received 1 Apr 2016Plots 29,30,127 & 128 S/W Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 12 Nov 201234 Brynllywarch Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9NB
Received 10 Jun 201037 Blaengarw Road Blaengarw CF32 8AW
Received 11 Aug 20158 Bryn Melys Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DN
Received 24 Jan 2008Glasfryn County Smallholdings Hendre Road Coity Bridgend CF35 6RB
Received 6 Aug 201427 Nottage Mead Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 28 May 201011 Rock Street Aberkenfig CF32 9BD
Received 8 Feb 202413 Merganser Close Porthcawl CF36 3UE
Received 3 Dec 20208 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DF
Received 16 May 201219 Dan y Coed Blackmill CF35 6ES
Received 27 Feb 201850 Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3ER
Received 16 Jun 2015Land Rear Of Dale View Cefn Cribwr CF32 0DE
Received 31 Mar 2015Records 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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