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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Coach House Penylan Farm Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AN
Received 29 Jun 2018Land adj Stormy Down Quarry Heol Y Splott Pyle CF33 4RS
Received 14 Oct 201689 Westward Place Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4XB
Received 14 Apr 2015Welsh Designer Outlet Island Site (Overflow Car Park) The Derwen Bridgend
Received 24 May 2011Bridgend & District Model Eng Society Fountain Road Aberkenfig Bridgend
Received 29 Mar 2011Land off Church Street Pontycymmer CF32 8LB
Received 19 Jul 201919 River Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BH
Received 20 May 200822 Anglesey Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QP
Received 6 Mar 201362 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PU
Received 9 Apr 201868 West Road Bridgend Cf31 4Hq
Received 3 Aug 200425 Glannant Road Evanstown Gilfach Goch Bridgend Cf39 8Rl
Received 1 Aug 2007The Hollies Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 5 May 2020Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Cynwyd Sant, Pen Yr Ysgol, Maesteg, CF34 9YE
Received 15 May 202635 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 31 Mar 2008Tesco Brewery Lane Bridgend CF31 4AP
Received 25 Feb 202028 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 18 Jun 200998 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ns
Received 16 Mar 20079 Hollyhock Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NS
Received 3 Dec 2012Land Adj 16A Danycoed Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6ES
Received 17 Oct 201435 Heol Croes Faen Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SJ
Received 29 Feb 20162 Sker Cottages Waun Y Mer Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 28 Nov 2007Y Berllan 93 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 10 Mar 2016Boundary Of 60 Eleanor Close & 9 Caer Llysi Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rd
Received 30 Jul 2007Dimlands Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Hn
Received 23 Nov 2006Records 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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