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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Homfray Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HW
Received 20 Apr 20115 Glen View Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Lz
Received 25 Jun 200411 Vicarage Terrace Maesteg Cf34 9Pf
Received 13 Apr 2007The Woodlands 67 Ystrad Waun Pencoed CF35 6PW
Received 12 Jul 2017101 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NB
Received 27 Sept 20102 Heol y Nant Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UU
Received 28 Mar 20236 Bedw Arian Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TP
Received 12 Jun 201722 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SA
Received 23 Oct 2008Bridgend College Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Df
Received 15 Nov 2004Bridgend Tennis Club Church Road off Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3AZ
Received 13 May 2022Brewery Field Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4JE
Received 29 Oct 2009Former Repair Shop Derwen Road Bridgend Bridgend Cf31 1Lh
Received 21 Sept 200415 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 15 Nov 2021Site of Cafe Locks Common Road Porthcawl CF36 3HU
Received 29 Jan 20186 Court Road, Bridgend, CF31 1BW
Received 27 Nov 20255 Sanderling Close Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Tt
Received 23 Jul 20049 Bryn Henfaes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EW
Received 7 Dec 20105 Redwing Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NZ
Received 11 Feb 20098 Lansbury Crescent Maesteg CF34 9LY
Received 31 Mar 202011 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PW
Received 14 Oct 2009Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 20 Aug 2020Adj 11 The Retreat Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RU
Received 19 Oct 2012Newbridge Fields Extension Off Bowham Avenue Bridgend
Received 12 Feb 201061 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Le
Received 1 Aug 2003Records 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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