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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Meadow View Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EY
Received 4 Sept 202312 Rowland Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Pa
Received 13 Dec 20045-6 Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SB
Received 23 Oct 2023Land At Moor Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 14 May 200910 Hall Close North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EB
Received 14 Dec 202124 Cae Gwyllt Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FF
Received 19 Jul 201727 Brynmawr Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SD
Received 21 May 200712 Teal Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RE
Received 9 Jan 2024Pandy Park Heol Terfyn Ynysawdre CF32 9RE
Received 12 Oct 201526 Bedford Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BW
Received 2 Feb 20219 Highland Close Sarn CF32 9SB
Received 3 Feb 2015Mr D Shardis 9 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3TL
Received 1 Nov 2021Recreation ground rear of Hermon Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SU
Received 10 Dec 2020Parkdean Holidays Trecco Bay Caravan Park Porthcawl CF36 5NG
Received 30 Apr 20253 Bryn Henfaes Broadlands CF31 5EW
Received 17 Jan 20223 West Park Drive Porthcawl CF36 3RB
Received 11 Dec 2019TBD UK Ltd Brocastle Avenue Waterton Bridgend CF31 3US
Received 9 Jan 2026Bridgend College - Pencoed Campus Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 18 Dec 2018Island Farm Institute Of Sport Island Farm Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 1 Apr 2016Former Stormy Down Aerodrome Site The Research Centre, Unit 1 Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 7 Mar 2011Leckwith Cottage Leckwith Court Bridgend CF31 4LR
Received 7 Oct 2016Bethel Chapel High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HP
Received 7 Feb 201141 Oaklands Avenue, Bridgend, CF31 4ST
Received 4 Apr 2025Bridgend Tennis Club Church Road Off Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 31 Aug 2012Records 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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