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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of Blundell Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YY
Received 17 Mar 2010Stormy Down Anaerobic Digestion Facility Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 9 Jun 2022Former Homebase Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 11 Mar 202510 Vicarage Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PF
Received 15 Mar 201654 High Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DU
Received 17 Sept 2024Whitecroft Garage, Bryncethin, Bridgend, CF32 9YR
Received 25 Nov 2024Old West Farm Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ss
Received 10 Feb 200460 Pant Hirwaun Heol-Y-Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 5 Feb 201328 Park Terrace Tondu CF32 9HE
Received 11 Apr 202221 River Street Maesteg Cf34 9Yr
Received 27 Apr 2004Cornelly Arms, Ffordd-Yr-Eglwys, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4HT
Received 19 Nov 202428 Hillside Penyfai CF31 4BG
Received 19 Jan 20249 Heol Neuadd Domos Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Ga
Received 2 Sept 200414 Clos Y Talcen Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4BU
Received 9 May 200831-37 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DW
Received 7 May 2013Barn At Bryngwenith Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed
Received 21 Nov 200323 Lavender Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ND
Received 21 May 2015Land at Brynmenyn and Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 30 Apr 2025Land At Clearway Chemicals Sturmi Way Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Bz
Received 5 Apr 200411 The Retreat Bridgend CF31 3NU
Received 28 May 202489 Hookland Road Porthcawl CF36 5SG
Received 27 Jul 2015Capel Y Pil, Ffordd-Yr-Eglwys, North Cornelly
Received 10 Oct 2025Land to south of White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 30 Nov 201712 West Road Bridgend Cf31 1Lh
Received 24 May 2006Records 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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