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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 The Retreat Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RU
Received 14 Dec 201040 St Georges Avenue Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RS
Received 24 Feb 2009Land Off Penprysg Road & Min Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YP
Received 27 Oct 20097 Bryntirion Close, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4BZ
Received 2 Oct 202525 Angelton Green Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend CF31 4LQ
Received 20 Nov 2012Land Off Cefn Glas Road Bridgend
Received 31 Aug 200472 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SS
Received 4 Mar 20151 Pandy Bungalows Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8RB
Received 23 Jun 200825 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DR
Received 27 Apr 20073 Grove Road Bridgend CF31 3EH
Received 21 Jun 20074 Mallard Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TQ
Received 14 Oct 2010St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 26 Feb 202086 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DF
Received 21 May 2009Land Adj Coychurch Crematorium Brackla Bridgend
Received 1 Aug 200812 Pant Yr Hebog Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DF
Received 27 May 2016Former Kwik Save Store Cheapside Bridgend Cf31 1Bz
Received 9 Aug 20066 Laleston Court Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HG
Received 14 Jun 2010Dragon International Studios New Road Llanharan CF35 5NQ
Received 17 Jun 2024Ty Coch Farm Pyle Bridgend CF33 4RR
Received 30 Aug 20118 Taylor Road Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PP
Received 19 Jun 201251 Garn Road Maesteg Cf34 9At CF34 9HT
Received 21 Sept 2005Thunder Road Motorcycles Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 19 Oct 201785 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lt
Received 22 Jun 20055 Marlas Close Pyle Bridgend CF33 6AF
Received 8 Apr 2011Records 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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