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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Howell Street Nantymoel CF32 7RE
Received 25 Jan 202334 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 8 May 2009The Old Stables Gelli Lottra Farm Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 28 Apr 200587 Maes y Rhedyn Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4FD
Received 31 Jul 2023Land At Waun Cimla Off Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BD
Received 28 Apr 2009Land At Baiden Farm Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 4 May 2012Land rear of 51 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 24 Nov 2017Natwest 26 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EN
Received 24 Jun 2015Plot 100 Carreg Erw Phase 2 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend CF35 6DF
Received 6 Sept 2013Crendon Timber Abergarw Trading Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9LW
Received 20 Jul 20171 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 7 Aug 2015Penybont FC Bryntirion Park Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JU
Received 30 Aug 2017Tesco Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 25 Feb 202041 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 25 Mar 2019Plot 52 Mallards Reach (52 Clos Y Mametz) Porthcawl CF36 5DJ
Received 29 Jul 2016Unit 3 Alpha Block Parc Derwen District Centre Coity CF35 6AN
Received 7 May 2024Hendre Post Farm Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Dp
Received 8 Apr 2004St Cynwyds, Nicholls Road, Coytrahen, Bridgend, CF32 0EP
Received 12 Jun 202517 Ystrad Fawr Bridgend CF31 4HP
Received 13 Oct 20203 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg CF34 9LP
Received 10 Mar 202264 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 14 Feb 201910 Highland Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 14 Mar 20059 Warwick Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3LH
Received 4 Dec 2019Playing fields at Parc Derwen Coity
Received 23 Nov 2018Records 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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