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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pyle Garden Centre Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 8 Aug 2024Opposite 316 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 19 May 2011Craddocks Hill Pyle Road Nottage CF36 3TF
Received 8 Jun 2016The Old Garage Adj. To Ty Coed Laleston Roundabout Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ly
Received 23 Apr 200423 Honeysuckle Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nt
Received 4 Nov 2004Land Adj To 8 Brynffrwd Close Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Ep
Received 15 Feb 20054a West Drive Porthcawl CF36 3LT
Received 22 Aug 202345 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 8 Sept 20095 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 14 Aug 200910 Bridgend Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SW
Received 6 Sept 202455 Hunters Ridge Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LJ
Received 15 Oct 2007Maesteg Town Hall Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9DA
Received 8 Oct 2019Land At Poplar Mews Rear Of 75/77 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Dh
Received 20 Oct 200668c Castle Street Maesteg CF34 9YL
Received 12 May 2020152 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JT
Received 20 Sept 2010227 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DG
Received 7 Sept 2009Tusker House Bridgend Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5ST
Received 16 Nov 2018The Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UP
Received 20 Oct 201138 Beach Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NH
Received 3 Jun 2024Ruhamah Chapel Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 16 Apr 2013Plot 119 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 2 Dec 201518 Coed y Graig Pencoed CF35 6YT
Received 27 Oct 202013 Heol Faen Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Ja
Received 29 Sept 2006Land Off Spion Kop Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 21 Feb 2005Records 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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