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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tondu Farm 52 Park Terrace Tondu CF32 9HE
Received 21 Oct 201463 Waunscil Avenue Bridgend Cf31 1Tn
Received 13 Apr 2005Rear of 36 Brookland Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7SY
Received 22 May 2018Former Parc Farm Buildings Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 1 Dec 201129 - 44 Heol Llwyn Ffynnon Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Pr
Received 16 Nov 2005Land Adjoining 7 Tern Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Ts
Received 10 Feb 2004125 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DL
Received 4 Aug 20083 Alma Terrace Maesteg
Received 26 Aug 2003The Talbot Institute 9 Prince Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ed
Received 22 Jul 2005The Yard Rogers Lane Cefn Cribwr CF32 0EU
Received 1 Feb 20172 Cedar Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AF
Received 19 Apr 201290 The Avenue Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NA
Received 21 Feb 2008Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 23 May 2019Capel Bethania Bethania Street Maesteg CF34 9EX
Received 21 Feb 2022Land east of Heol-Y-Parc North Cornelly
Received 19 Feb 20252 Waun Wen Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NB
Received 23 Apr 200814 St Brides Close Nottage Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Nr
Received 5 Aug 2005Allied Carpets Unit 3 Royal London Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3TN
Received 1 Oct 200928 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 28 Jul 2020Glan Y Mor, Ton Kenfig, Bridgend, CF33 4PR
Received 9 Feb 2024Aldi Store Unit 1 Llynfi Walk, Llynfi Road Maesteg CF34 9DS
Received 8 Jul 20203 St Davids Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Bn
Received 28 Jun 200721 Maes Llan Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dx
Received 21 Apr 2006Argyle Villa, 8 Castle Street, Maesteg, CF34 9YH
Received 5 Jan 2026Records 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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