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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8,510 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33 Market Street, Bridgend, CF31 1LJ
Received 30 Oct 201530 Orchard Drive Porthcawl CF36 5RA
Received 9 Jul 2020Pantymoch Farm Lane From Penycae Road To Penylan Cottage Penycae Port Talbot
Received 16 Feb 2016Plot 30 Aneurin Bevan Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9SZ
Received 11 Mar 201417 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 12 Aug 20082 Adams Avenue Bryncethin CF32 9RX
Received 10 Jan 20197 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 27 Sept 20174 Tydraw Lane South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Sd
Received 14 Jun 2004106 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pj
Received 18 Sept 200655 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PU
Received 26 May 2010Logica Unit 5 Bridgend Science Park Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3NA
Received 7 Jun 2011Land south of Ty Maen Ffordd Leyshon Bryncethin CF32 9TB
Received 18 Mar 2019Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 30 Jan 2013The Wyndham Arms Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 10 Mar 201413 Llys Briallen Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BG
Received 19 Mar 2009Llanilid West Revised Open Cast Coal Site Bridgend Road Llanharan
Received 14 Jul 200441 St Brides Road Aberkenfig CF32 9PY
Received 22 Nov 201987 Ffordd Yr Ehedydd North Cornelly CF33 4PD
Received 30 May 202213 Llys Tre Dwr Waterton CF31 3BH
Received 27 Oct 2020Plot 33 Locks Common Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Hu
Received 13 Feb 20069 Danycoed Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Es
Received 22 Jun 2005Land at St Johns School Newton Porthcawl
Received 2 Aug 201850 Lloyd Street Maesteg CF34 0RA
Received 19 Oct 2020Land west of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 25 Sept 2024Records 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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