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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63/65 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 10 May 200623 Llan Road Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9HN
Received 18 Sept 2024107 Grove Road Bridgend CF31 3EH
Received 7 Jul 202123 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LA
Received 15 Jan 20207 (Plot 24) Llynfi Court Maesteg Park Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9NJ
Received 20 Apr 20125 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UD
Received 19 Jul 20216 Heol Cae Tyla Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HR
Received 13 May 2014Tondu Target Shooting Club Queen Street to Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9HG
Received 4 Jan 2018Barclays Bank 90 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Dt
Received 10 Apr 200732 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SB
Received 16 May 200710 Jenkin Street Bridgend CF31 3AN
Received 24 Oct 2012104 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QG
Received 10 Jun 201333 Clos y Fran Coity CF35 6QN
Received 1 Feb 20222 Alma Terrace Aberkenfig CF32 9AL
Received 3 Jul 20175 Bramble Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PS
Received 11 Dec 2013Land at former open cast coal site and land to the north of the A473 Llanilid RCT
Received 2 Dec 20191-3 Katie Street Blaengarw Bridgend
Received 2 Mar 2004Swn Y Mor 4 Heol Ton Ton Kenfig
Received 18 Jun 2004Land Adjacent The Paddocks Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 29 Mar 2007133 Ffordd Cadfan Bridgend CF31 2DQ
Received 1 Mar 2021Former Cwmdu railway sidings to east of Caer Gymrig Maesteg CF34 0JD
Received 26 Jan 202223 Dennis Place Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 9 Dec 20043 Heol Cerdin Cwmfelin Maeteg CF34 9GG
Received 1 Oct 201855 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 18 Oct 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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