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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco Stores Ltd Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 21 Nov 2013Graigwen Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6PU
Received 1 Jul 201510 Ty Isaf Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0AU
Received 17 Dec 200819 Priory Close Bridgend CF31 3LW
Received 5 Oct 2023Land Adj. 1 Hendre Gardens Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PQ
Received 17 Apr 200914 Maes Llan Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DX
Received 31 Aug 2023Capel Y Tabernacl 18 Fenton Place Porthcawl CF36 3DW
Received 31 Aug 2007Plot 5 Land Adj To Celtic Club Garth Bridgend
Received 1 Jun 20069 Swn Yr Adar Cavendish Park Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GE
Received 16 May 2011Pentwyn House Penymynydd Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 12 Aug 2011Somerfield Stores Castle Street Maesteg Cf34 9Sd
Received 1 Jun 200719 Moriah Place Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DW
Received 17 Aug 201219 De Clare Close Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Jh
Received 21 Nov 20051 Hillsboro Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DJ
Received 22 Sept 2010Council Offices Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BY
Received 21 Mar 201142 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 17 Nov 201739 The Chase Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jj
Received 14 Nov 200332 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 20 Jun 202325 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 20 Jun 201159 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 11 Aug 20169 Alma Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AN
Received 30 Jan 2011Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Pw
Received 10 Nov 2003Land adj to The Old Barn Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 29 Apr 2019Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 20 May 2025Records 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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