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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SR
Received 5 Mar 20128 Meadow Croft / Tyddyn Gwaun Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ln
Received 17 Jun 20054 Swn Yr Adar Cavendish Pk Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ge
Received 30 Nov 2005Parc Stormy Mount Pleasant Road South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 28 Mar 2025S W Wood Recycling Heol Llan Coity Bridgend CF35 6BU
Received 25 Jun 201335 Glynllan Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Ef
Received 20 Oct 2003107 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RY
Received 1 Feb 2019Brodawel, Heol Spencer, Coity, Bridgend Cf35 6Au
Received 23 Dec 200417 Jubilee Crescent Bridgend Cf31 3Ay
Received 24 Jan 2005Hanover Court Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4HX
Received 17 Nov 201727/29 Wyndham Street 18/19 Market Street Bridgend Cf31 1Eb
Received 30 Sept 2005The Plwerin Maudlam Pyle, Bridgend
Received 24 Jun 2004Land adj 39 Jubilee Road Bridgend CF31 3BA
Received 22 Sept 2016Summerville Bungalow Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PH
Received 1 Sept 201716 St Johns Drive Porthcawl CF36 5PW
Received 6 Dec 2013West Winds 2 Locks Lane Porthcawl CF36 3HY
Received 3 Mar 20215 Rhodfar Coed Cwmfelin Maesteg
Received 15 Feb 2004Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 2 Jun 202031 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 10 Jul 2017The Old Saw Mill Court Colman Bridgend CF31 4NG
Received 20 Nov 2019Mcdonalds Restaurant Picton Court Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 20 Mar 20093 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Sr
Received 13 Oct 200356 Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LN
Received 29 Oct 200720 Pond Mawr Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NG
Received 15 Apr 2013Records 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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