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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Cottage 6 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 7 Mar 202412 Heol Coed Leyshon Coytrahen Bridgend
Received 21 Nov 2003Land Off Lifeboat Road / Marine Terrace Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 12 Jul 2010Ogmore Vale Constitutional Club 59-63 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AG
Received 14 Feb 2012Land Alongside Wyndham Court Fairways North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dh
Received 27 Apr 200551 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4BY
Received 31 Jan 2008Land at Central Cottage Bankers Hill Cefn Cribwr CF32 0DA
Received 7 Nov 2019Cae Court 12 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 5 Nov 201283 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ba
Received 6 Nov 200381 Bryn Cottages Pontyrhyl CF32 8PX
Received 6 Dec 2018Former School Playing Fields Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 14 Dec 20186 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 23 Feb 2009Rear Of Bp Garage (Clos Yr Eos) Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RJ
Received 14 Jun 200629 Beach Road Pyle CF33 6AR
Received 22 Jul 20152 Gerddi'r Briallu Coity CF35 6FR
Received 30 Aug 202249 Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 2Xj
Received 5 Mar 2007Land At Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 7 May 2010Maxeyville Rhych Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5DB
Received 9 Jun 202230 Maes Yr Haf North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4En
Received 11 May 200418 Heol Y Bryn Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SY
Received 11 Oct 2011Lluest House Pantygog Pontycymmer CF32 8DR
Received 25 Mar 20191 School Terrace Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Nf
Received 21 Mar 200744 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 1 Sept 201526 Pant Gwyn, Broadlands, Bridgend Cf31 5Ba
Received 15 Dec 2004Records 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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