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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1A Brooklands Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SY
Received 6 Feb 201211 Phyllis Avenue Bridgend CF31 3DD
Received 5 Jan 20226 Dale View Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0DE
Received 11 Feb 202023 Hazelmead Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Aq
Received 15 Dec 2006Blandy Stores 1 Blandy Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DY
Received 24 Feb 201119 Minffrwd Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RL
Received 30 Apr 2007Parc Derwen Playing Fields Coity
Received 15 Sept 2016Maes Yr Haf High Street Heol-Y-Cyw CF35 6HY
Received 8 May 20247 Maes Tal Coed Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AS
Received 17 Mar 201789 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BA
Received 8 Sept 20086 Nottage Mead Porthcawl Cf36 3Sa
Received 30 Mar 200511 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl Cf36 5Ad
Received 4 Jan 20058 Glannant Row Shwt Bridgend CF32 8UB
Received 23 Sept 2010Marlas Farm Marlas Road Pyle Bridgend CF33 4PE
Received 27 Mar 20244 Rock Cottages Court Coleman Road Penyfai CF31 4NE
Received 21 Sept 2018Land North Of 1 & 2 Penybryn Cottages Bryngarn Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 20 Aug 2009Glanogwr House Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 12 May 2015Plot Adjacent To 27 Waun Goch Nantymoel CF32 7PT
Received 7 Dec 201052 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 4 Nov 200825 Llan Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Td
Received 21 May 20043 Nant Ffornwg Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TJ
Received 13 Jun 2008Adjacent 'Hedd-Le', Bridgend Rd, Penyfai, Bridgend Cf31 4Ls
Received 5 Sept 2003R/O 3 West Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Sn
Received 30 Oct 2006Land Adj. To Sg (Bridgend) Ltd Mercedes Benz Heronstone Retail Park Bridgend
Received 2 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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