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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Canberra Road Bridgend CF31 1HH
Received 13 Jul 2021River Row House Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LA
Received 19 Jul 202428 Abergarw Road, Brynmenyn, Bridgend, CF32 9LF
Received 5 Aug 2025Plot 18 Llynfi Court Maesteg Bridgend
Received 31 Jan 2006Biomet Merck Ltd, Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3XA
Received 20 Jan 2014Plot Next To 13 Heol Tre Dwr Waterton CF31 3AJ
Received 23 May 201680 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 4 May 2021Hi Tide Inn, Mackworth Road, Porthcawl, CF36 5BT
Received 16 Sept 202630 Hearts Of Oak Cottages, Caerau, Maesteg, CF34 0TU
Received 1 Jul 202643 Coychurch Road Gardens Bridgend Cf31 3As
Received 7 Aug 20038 Skomer Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QH
Received 19 Dec 20136 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 6 May 202262 Birch Walk, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5AN
Received 2 Apr 202557 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 1 Jul 202043 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Du
Received 4 Aug 20062 Rock Cottages Pen-y-fai CF31 4NE
Received 20 Aug 2024Plot 4 Abergarw Ind Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lw
Received 17 Jan 200621 Bryn Melys Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dn
Received 16 Feb 2004Waun Wen Betws Road Llangeinor
Received 29 Jul 201042 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn CF32 9UH
Received 26 May 201613 De Londres Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3JE
Received 13 Jan 201410 Brynogwy Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 24 Feb 2004Prince Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ed
Received 17 Mar 2004Land Off Oakwood Drive Maesteg Bridgend
Received 5 Dec 2008Records 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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