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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1/1A Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 6 May 202267 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JJ
Received 19 Jan 2009Monkstone House Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 8 Aug 200655 Cemetery Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LW
Received 15 Oct 2007Dwelling 7 Duffryn Oaks Pencoed Bridgend
Received 20 Apr 2004The Croft Llangynwyd Village Maesteg Cf34 9Se
Received 15 Oct 2003Ty Bryn, Hillside, Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7Lj
Received 24 Jun 2005Plot 7 (next to No. 22) Llynfi Court Maesteg CF34 9NJ
Received 22 Mar 2021Parc Derwen Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend
Received 21 Jan 2008Next to Sainsburys Petrol Station Bridgend Designer Outlet Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 18 Dec 2019Land west of Heol Dewi Sant (former Bettws Social Club) Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 2 Dec 20246 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GB
Received 15 Jan 202476 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3He
Received 19 Jan 2005Land At Bangor Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HU
Received 9 Mar 201426 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Eu
Received 23 Jan 2006Gadlys Farm Dimbath Lane Glynogwr CF35 6EL
Received 8 Sept 2020El Roble 1 Heol Fechan Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TW
Received 2 Mar 201619 Andrews Close Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EQ
Received 16 Sept 202019 Rhodfa Cnocell Y Coed Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FS
Received 7 Mar 2016Bryngarw Country House & Park Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8UU
Received 8 Dec 2008Ysgol Bryn Castell (Bryncethin Campus) Heol Llan Abergarw CF32 9NZ
Received 23 Mar 2017Merlin House Brunel Court Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 1 May 2009Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LG
Received 22 Apr 200981 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RY
Received 22 Feb 2010Records 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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