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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Rice Street Bridgend Cf31 4Ag
Received 30 Mar 2007Former Nantyffyllon Surgery 77 High Street Maesteg CF34 9EY
Received 8 Nov 201722 Locks Lane Porthcawl CF36 3HY
Received 14 Dec 201510 Garnwen Road, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, CF34 0EY
Received 8 Nov 2024Land Adj Pantyrawel Road Pantyrawel CF32 7HY
Received 14 Sept 201525 Ysbryd-Y-Coed, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4GF
Received 24 Feb 202534 Cae Canol Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RS
Received 9 Sept 2015Unit 7 David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SA
Received 9 Dec 2014East Pier Porthcawl Marina Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 17 Mar 2017WEPA UK Ltd Bridgend Paper Mills Llangynwyd CF34 9RS
Received 4 Oct 2024Princess Of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend
Received 2 Jun 2008Rear Land 1-8 Ty Draw Crescent Pyle CF33 4AN
Received 20 Nov 2013145 Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NB
Received 23 Jun 2008Parcel R19 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 12 Oct 2018Compound At Rhych Avenue Trecco Bay Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Ng
Received 28 Oct 2003Ground Floor Office 2 Court Road Bridgend CF31 1BN
Received 16 Dec 201026 Treharne Drive Penyfai CF31 4NT
Received 14 Aug 2019Trees adj New House & Ty Gwendoline Tythegston CF32 0ND
Received 27 Nov 2019Goscar Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6El
Received 30 Dec 20042C St Theodores Way Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9TZ
Received 8 Mar 201038 St Cynwyds Avenue Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9NR
Received 19 Dec 2012Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 3 Aug 202026 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LF
Received 15 Dec 2009The White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 10 Apr 2018Records 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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