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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
8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Gibbons Way North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 24 Apr 2008Land rear of Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 10 Apr 2013The Old Rectory Bettws Road Bettws CF32 8TB
Received 11 Oct 2007Ty Fry Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn CF32 8UY
Received 17 May 202160 Heol Bryncwils, Sarn, Bridgend, CF32 9UE
Received 29 Jul 20251 Aldenham Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PG
Received 10 Oct 20077 Greenwood Close Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PJ
Received 2 Nov 2012Long Acre Farm Coity Bridgend CF35 6BN
Received 25 Feb 201377 Priory Oak, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2HZ
Received 29 Jul 2026Purnell and Tanner Ltd building contractors site Castle Street Maesteg CF34 0AW
Received 4 Mar 202438 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NS
Received 18 Apr 2011Parc Stormy Mount Pleasant Road Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 18 Feb 202251a Heol Castell Coety Litchard CF31 1PU
Received 12 May 2022Land to rear of 35-46 Salisbury Road, Maesteg, CF34 9EG
Received 17 Jan 202519 Beechwood Grove Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SU
Received 6 Feb 201295 Westward Place Bridgend CF31 4XB
Received 29 Apr 20168 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Ra
Received 18 Feb 2004Parcau Isaf Farm Laleston CF32 0NB
Received 17 Jul 202010 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lr
Received 24 Apr 200615 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hf
Received 5 Mar 2007Land at Central Cottage Bankers Hill Cefn Cribwr CF32 0DA
Received 18 Jul 2018The Long House Cwmdu Road Maesteg CF34 0DH
Received 14 Nov 20234 Fenwick Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LD
Received 8 Jul 2013Land fronting Junction 35 of M4 Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 4 Jul 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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