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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wexa David Street Blaengarw CF32 8AD
Received 19 Feb 2018Sunny Brae Mount Ash Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF31 1RD
Received 15 Feb 2022Natwest Bank 26-28 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EN
Received 13 Jun 20228 Brynffrwd Close Coychurch CF35 5EP
Received 23 Apr 2018Land To Se Of Llangeinor Fc Llangeinor Road Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Nu
Received 24 Feb 200611 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 23 Jun 202378 Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NE
Received 6 Feb 20154 Yr Ysfa Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AG
Received 6 Aug 2008Carreg Llwyd Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AT
Received 26 Sept 20162 Llety'r Bugail Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Gb
Received 23 Aug 200426 Glynstell Road Porthcawl CF36 3NN
Received 19 Jan 2021Former Toms Bar Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 20 Jan 2020Land rear of 2 Hillcrest Penyfai CF31 4NL
Received 22 Jun 20237 Browning Close Bridgend CF31 4PT
Received 3 Jun 2011Unit 3 Kenfig Industrial Estate Margam SA13 2PE
Received 11 Aug 20221 Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 5 Dec 20162 Cildaudy Cottages Cildaudy Road Coytrahen Bridgend
Received 31 Jan 2012Three Horseshoes Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HU
Received 23 Apr 20139 Brynawel Bryntirion CF31 4DL
Received 17 Sept 201937 Heol Onnen North Corenlly Bridgend Cf33 4Dt
Received 2 Mar 20058 Caer Llysi Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jj
Received 28 Sept 200666 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Bb
Received 18 Jul 200510 Garth Drive Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AQ
Received 22 Jun 2011Former Post Office 13 Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5PY
Received 9 May 2016Records 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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