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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 adjacent to The Old Barn Mawdlam CF33 4PH
Received 13 Jan 2017The Cottage Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8EJ
Received 22 Oct 2014Tesco Stores Ltd Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 13 Mar 20141-19 Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 29 Aug 2014Countrywide Stores South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 30 Sept 200323D Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BD
Received 28 Jan 2014Harpen House Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 0DY
Received 28 Nov 20089 Ogmore Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NL
Received 6 Dec 2007270/270A New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 12 Jan 201538 Dinam Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7PU
Received 13 Feb 2008Cwmcedfyw Farm Pontrhydycyf Bridgend CF34 0EB
Received 6 Jul 2011Land rear of Hillcrest Pen-y-fai Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 8 Jul 20254 Woodland Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UP
Received 6 Mar 2013Land at Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 17 Nov 2017Waun Wen Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 22 Nov 2005K2 Gym Main Avenue Litchard Ind Estate Bridgend CF31 2AG
Received 16 Dec 2013Land At Rear Of 34 West Drive Porthcawl Cf36 3Hs
Received 22 Nov 2006Beulah Mission Hall Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AE
Received 20 Dec 2022Rockwool Ltd Wern Tarw Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 16 Jul 201911 Lias Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AH
Received 19 Jan 2009The Grand Pavilion The Esplanade Porthcawl Cf36 3Yw
Received 15 Jun 200522 Evans Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EE
Received 16 Nov 20075 Coed Parc Court Maesteg Cf34 9Dg
Received 12 Apr 20079 St Illtyds Road Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Lb
Received 13 Sept 2006Records 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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