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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower End Cwmdu Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NR
Received 6 Sept 2011Plots 1 & 2 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 2008Dunes Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 8 Feb 2012Photronics UK Ltd 1 Technology Drive Bridgend CF31 3LU
Received 10 Jan 202078 Severn Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Ln
Received 7 Dec 2006Tower House 2 Lougher Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3BJ
Received 18 Apr 2024Bryn Haul Derwen Bridgend CF35 6HD
Received 19 Oct 201232 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 16 Dec 20255 Woodland Place North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ew
Received 22 Nov 200619 Ton Tylluan Broadlands CF31 5BE
Received 14 Aug 2020Land east of Heol yr Ysgol Tondu CF32 9EG
Received 3 Nov 2016Llangeinor Afc Llangeinor Park Bridgend Cf32 8Yd
Received 7 Aug 200312 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DN
Received 26 May 20092 Y Groes, Sarn, Bridgend, CF32 9UN
Received 3 Jun 202514 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JH
Received 21 Apr 2008Land At Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LF
Received 30 Sept 2009Parc Derwen District Centre (Phase 2) Ffordd y Celyn Coity CF35 6QS
Received 25 May 2023Gwalia site Commercial Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7BL
Received 2 Feb 2021116 Mill View Estate Garth Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 26 Apr 202179 Maes Talcen Brackla CF31 2LQ
Received 23 May 201922 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Ax
Received 20 Aug 20041 Dan Yr Eglwys Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TJ
Received 17 Jul 2012Tusker Barns Bridgend Road Dan Y Graig Porthcawl CF36 5ST
Received 10 May 202136 Ton Glas Bryntirion CF31 4EH
Received 3 Feb 2021Records 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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