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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barclays Bank Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SB
Received 5 Dec 2011Saltaire 53 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HB
Received 24 Apr 2024Abergarw Trading Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LW
Received 30 Mar 2007Unit B9, 14 New Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Ud
Received 2 Nov 2005Footpath 22 Porthcawl N/W Of Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 2011Highwinds 9 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 6 Nov 201343 Cilgant y Lein North Cornelly CF33 4AJ
Received 2 Mar 2020Cartref Maesteg Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SN
Received 29 Jun 20076 Pleasant View Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Rd
Received 23 Aug 200624 Fairfield Road, Bridgend, CF31 3DU
Received 7 May 202646 Rowans Lane Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Lq
Received 30 Apr 2004White Lodge 8 Parkfields Penyfai CF31 4NQ
Received 3 May 201942 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LZ
Received 1 Aug 2011Cae Court Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 16 Mar 2012Danybryn 168 Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LU
Received 2 Feb 2009North of 1 Waun Dafydd Farm Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AB
Received 30 Apr 2019110 Parc Tyn y Waun Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9RH
Received 5 Dec 2016Trefonnen, Derllwyn Rd., Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dg
Received 27 Sept 2005Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 15 Jun 202018 Park Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DF
Received 9 Oct 2017Zimmer Biomet UK Ltd Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3XA
Received 31 Jul 2017'Rose Cottage' Off Merfield Close Sarn Bridgend
Received 11 Mar 20041 Austin Avenue Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Rs
Received 28 Feb 20066 Woodlands Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JP
Received 10 Mar 2014Records 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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