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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 19 Apr 20233 Bryn Pobydd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sn
Received 4 Oct 200522 Maesteg Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LD
Received 8 Apr 20094 The Retreat Sarn CF32 9UF
Received 18 Jul 2022Land adjacent to 95 Parc-Tyn-Y-Waun, Pont Rhyd-Y-Cyff, Maesteg, CF34 9RH
Received 14 Oct 20244 Coleridge Close Cefn Glas CF31 4QB
Received 17 May 202219 Clos Tir Isaf/Lowland Close Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Bu
Received 14 Aug 2006Merthyr Mawr House Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LR
Received 31 Aug 2011Danybryn 168 Bryn Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LU
Received 2 May 2017Land rear of Percy House 18a Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 16 Jun 2020Land at former RAF Facility Mount Pleasant Road Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 9 Aug 2018148 Ffordd Y Parc Litchard CF31 1RA
Received 24 Oct 2014213 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Bn
Received 24 Aug 2007Land off Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DF
Received 22 Oct 202038 The Woodlands Brackla CF31 2JF
Received 23 Apr 201853 Severn Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3LN
Received 14 Oct 2024Hillcrest Penybryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HU
Received 30 Apr 20073 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DT
Received 12 Aug 2010Gilfach Uchaf Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SD
Received 19 Nov 201436 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QW
Received 16 Feb 20242 Pant y Blodau Pencoed CF35 6LX
Received 2 Nov 20233 South View Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LE
Received 18 Nov 200932 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 14 Sept 20189 Manor Grove Porthcawl CF36 5HD
Received 28 Jul 2020Records 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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