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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Mallard Way Porthcawl CF36 3TQ
Received 10 Aug 2018Maesteg Depot (LBS site) Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 22 Nov 202318 Cricklewood Close Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RB
Received 7 Aug 2009Fforchwen Farm Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hs
Received 14 Aug 2006Airborne Systems (A4064) Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PL
Received 25 Jul 2011Brookfield Bungalow Bridgend Road Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Tg
Received 7 Jan 200463 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DH
Received 1 Jul 20095 Willow Close Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AB
Received 20 Oct 2023Caerau To Croeserw Caerau Bridgend
Received 8 Jul 2011Ton Bach Farmhouse Orchard Close Off Minffrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6RJ
Received 4 Dec 2015Plot at Jenners Telecom Drive Bryn Road Aberkenfig CF32 9BQ
Received 28 Jul 2017Unit 1 Jct Main Ave & Heol West Plas Litchard Industrial Estate CF31 2AS
Received 26 Jun 2014Bridgend Paper Mills (WEPA) off A4063 Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9RS
Received 6 Apr 2022Playing fields off High Street Heol y Cyw CF35 6HR
Received 3 Sept 2025Llynfi Substation Llangynwyd Bridgend
Received 1 Jul 2016Land Off Cae Dre Street Rear Of 28 Park Street Bridgend
Received 10 Mar 200511 Heol Tyn Y Garn Pen Y Fai Bridgend CF31 4NY
Received 12 Mar 201217 Llys Briallen Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BG
Received 18 Mar 201418 Wood Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bb
Received 19 Aug 2004Pizza Flame 15 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1ED
Received 10 May 201110 Manor Grove Porthcawl CF36 5HD
Received 15 Nov 2021Dental Surgery 88 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DA
Received 19 Jun 2008Plot 179 Cae Hendre Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6HB
Received 8 Sept 201634 Gwendoline Street Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Au
Received 16 Mar 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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