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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Adare Street Evanstown Gilfach Goch Cf39 8Ru
Received 22 May 2006Land Off Church Street Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 30 Oct 2007Penyfai Church In Wales Primary School Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LX
Received 20 Jun 2011The Perch adj to Brynheulog Ffordd y Gyfraith Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 17 Jun 2021Land North Of Min Yr Awel Penyfai Bridgend
Received 25 May 200562 Birch Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AN
Received 8 Oct 20098 Bryn Dryslwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BT
Received 7 Apr 2014Land adjacent to Gwernllwyn Fawr Farm, Bettws, Bridgend CF32 8UL
Received 14 Nov 202453 Brynllywarch Maesteg CF34 9NB
Received 10 Jun 2021Swansea Bay
Received 5 Jul 2013Plot 3 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Aj
Received 4 Nov 2003Westgate House 12 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 5 Feb 2024Land adj 15 Andrews Close Tondu CF32 9EQ
Received 22 Sept 2021Central Athletic Ground Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6BU
Received 28 Apr 2011B2 (Plot 112) Village Farm Road, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 19 Dec 202440 Coychurch Road Gardens Bridgend CF31 3AS
Received 30 Apr 2007Unit F2, 1st floor Food Court McArthur Glen Designer Retail Outlet Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 11 Dec 20193 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 8 Nov 201699 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 1 Feb 2023Parc Tir Irall Land Adj Llangynwyd Pavillion Llangynwyd
Received 7 Jan 2015Cae Gof Playing Fields Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 14 Feb 2017Land south of Bryn Siriol Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 28 Jul 202691 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HD
Received 18 Feb 200947 Cwm Felin Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DR
Received 10 Mar 2009Records 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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