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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 5 Sarn Hill Sarn Bridgend CF32 9RU
Received 31 Mar 2010Communal Garden 119 Tremgarth Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Rz
Received 13 Feb 2007Rockwool Wern Tarw Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 25 Mar 2008Brocastle Bridgend
Received 10 Feb 2004Land Rear Of Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EG
Received 17 Apr 20129 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 1 Apr 2022Land Adjacent A48 Bypass Road Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 24 Sept 200821 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PJ
Received 11 Mar 200932 Pen Llwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AZ
Received 9 Oct 20253 Banc Gelli Las Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dh
Received 20 Oct 2005Land Adj Unit 107 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend
Received 9 Jan 201242 Clos-Y-Deri Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PR
Received 24 Feb 201611 Mayfield Avenue Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LH
Received 21 Nov 201111 Cefn Nant Pencoed CF35 6JE
Received 6 Sept 20179 Maes Y Fedwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DA
Received 8 Mar 201290 Chantal Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NW
Received 20 Apr 2017Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 7 Sept 202028 Cae Canol Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RS
Received 6 Aug 2012Land adjacent to 62 St Illtyds Road Cefn Glas CF31 4JY
Received 11 Jan 201725 Cae Brackla Brackla CF31 2HF
Received 2 Oct 201982 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 18 Feb 202210 Penyfai Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Aa
Received 12 Aug 2003Former Coal Stocking Ground Maesgwyn Glynneath
Received 17 Nov 2014Ty Talgarth Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Nr
Received 12 Apr 2005Records 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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