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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club, Kenfig, Bridgend, CF33 4PU
Received 7 Aug 202542 Pant Morfa Porthcawl Cf36 5En
Received 3 Aug 2004Land rear of 110 Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9EU
Received 12 Mar 201965 Fox Hollows Brackla CF31 2NH
Received 7 Oct 2019Land North Of Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend
Received 18 Aug 2006Golden Firs 13 Bradfield Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Hl
Received 21 Jul 20041 South View Pontycymmer CF32 8LE
Received 8 Apr 2024Ty Talbot Farmhouse Nottage Porthcawl
Received 20 Oct 2005102 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5EE
Received 25 Feb 2015Land At Hillside Green Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nl
Received 4 Jun 200739 Hunters Ridge Brackla CF31 2LH
Received 7 Nov 202244 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 27 Apr 2012Land To West Of 77 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BA
Received 9 Sept 201514 Heol Dylan, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4LE
Received 30 Dec 20257 Port Terrace Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Ew
Received 21 Feb 200631 Waunscil Avenue Bridgend CF31 1TY
Received 27 Aug 2008Felindre Mill Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5HU
Received 10 Apr 2014Glanogwr House Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 14 Aug 201553 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend Cf31 4Pj
Received 19 Jul 2004102 & 104 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 20 Aug 201565 Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ay
Received 16 Mar 2007Plot Adj To 9 Pentre Howell Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rg
Received 4 Dec 200683 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 28 Apr 200956 Dunraven Place Wyndham, Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Et
Received 28 Sept 2004Records 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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