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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Blaenllynfi Infant School Grosvenor Terrace Maesteg CF34 0RW
Received 16 Jun 202369 Parkfields Road Bridgend CF31 4BJ
Received 11 Feb 2022Land Adj 76 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QG
Received 5 Oct 201021 Jubilee Road Bridgend CF31 3BA
Received 1 Mar 2022Greystones Waterton Road Coychurch Bridgend
Received 22 Oct 2010Maesteg Cricket Club, Queen Street, Maesteg, CF34 9YN
Received 5 Jan 2026White Bungalow Rear of Queens Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HP
Received 13 Oct 2020Land formerly Ffaldau Arms Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LL
Received 8 Oct 202697-107, 119-129, 141-151 Maes y Felin Wildmill CF31 1YP
Received 25 Oct 2017Land/Building At Penyfai Nurseries Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4LJ
Received 2 Jun 200939 Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 9 Apr 2018Rear garden of 23 Ty Merchant Pencoed CF35 6PN
Received 25 Jun 202050 Craiglas Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NT
Received 13 Nov 2007Wilkinson Store Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Ds
Received 9 Aug 20068-11, 19-22, 146/147, 160-162 Oakwood Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9UA
Received 27 Apr 2012Plot 3 Swn Yr Afon Crown Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Vv
Received 4 Aug 20059 Prospect Place Pontycymmer CF32 8EE
Received 25 Feb 2020Merlin House Brunel Court Village Farm Ind Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 5 Sept 200810 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 5 Jan 202265 Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PP
Received 5 Aug 201321B Austin Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RS
Received 21 Jan 200897 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 15 Jul 2011Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 9 Oct 202013 Coed Y Cadno Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Ga
Received 19 Jul 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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