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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 R/O The Stables Off Morfa Street Bridgend
Received 9 Dec 2005Bright Beginnings Nursery Ty Gwendoline Tythegston Porthcawl CF32 0ND
Received 2 Jul 2012199 Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DG
Received 6 Jun 20185 Coed Caer Odin Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Tn
Received 7 Apr 2004Grass Verge At Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sb
Received 13 Jun 2006Lidl Foodstore Pentre Felin Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BT
Received 8 Jan 2014Caitlyns Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AJ
Received 8 Dec 2020Innisfree off A4063 Coytrahen CF32 0DR
Received 12 Oct 2021Ton Cottage Merthyr Mawr Road Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 24 Jul 2024Kwik-Fit, Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 11 Mar 2014Tremains Texaco (Star) Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 17 Sept 2009Tregwyneth West Court Colman Road Penyfai CF31 4NF
Received 1 May 201925 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 19 Sept 201966 Erw Hir Bridgend CF31 2DD
Received 18 Feb 2022Land At Aber Road Pricetown Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 28 Apr 2005Bridgend Designer Outlet Food Court Designer Outlet Village Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 12 Nov 202422 Heol Castell Coety Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PU
Received 20 Jun 200813 Waterton Close Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 26 Mar 201481 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Np
Received 18 Aug 200677 Merlin Crescent Bridgend Cf31 4Qw
Received 5 Oct 200426 Adrian Close Porthcawl Cf36 3Lx
Received 20 Jan 200511 Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6NU
Received 29 Jan 2015Ty Melyn, Llys Ty Sant Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ba
Received 12 Jan 200717 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 5 Jun 2020Records 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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