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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Squire Drive Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9TX
Received 11 Oct 2019Rear of 16 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AD
Received 26 Aug 2016Side Wall Of 4 Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AE
Received 14 Apr 201529 Lletai Avenue Pencoed CF35 5PW
Received 27 Jul 201719 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend Cf31 3Bb
Received 22 Mar 200639 Hunters Ridge Brackla CF31 2LH
Received 6 Feb 2023Land Adj 28 John Street Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 29 Feb 200849 Chestnut Drive Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5Ad
Received 9 Jul 200733 Wyndham Street Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RT
Received 22 Feb 2017Cwm Ty Newydd 65 Blackmill Road (plot 1, land at Maesgwyn House) Bryncethin CF32 9YN
Received 24 Jun 2021Windsor Cottage 13 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 11 Oct 2022Land at Bridgend Police Station & former Cheapside multi storey car park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 19 Dec 2023Cefn Cribbwr Athletic Club Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0AY
Received 7 Dec 2007Land At Abergarw Trading Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lw
Received 12 Nov 200419 Jenkin Street Bridgend
Received 25 Nov 20033 Bryn Glas Bryntirion Bridgend Cf31 4Es
Received 14 Mar 200628 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 14 Oct 2020Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 28 Aug 202619 Hillside Terrace Pantyrawel CF32 7LE
Received 7 Dec 2017139 Highfields Brackla CF31 2PE
Received 20 Apr 20174 Sunnybank Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NW
Received 2 Jul 20089 Railway Terrace Heol Laethog Heol Y Cyw Bridgend
Received 12 Mar 200451 Carmen Street Maesteg CF34 0RL
Received 15 Jan 20193 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jf
Received 5 Feb 2007Records 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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