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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2A Brookland Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SY
Received 16 Nov 2007Foxtroy 25 Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 9 Jun 201423 & 24 Greenmeadow Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BJ
Received 9 Apr 2014Land at Pyle Garden Centre 2 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 6 May 202526 Rowans Lane Bryncethin CF32 9LQ
Received 7 Nov 201639 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EB
Received 27 May 20106 Plas Kenfig North Cornelly CF33 4BN
Received 10 Nov 20213 Caer Newydd Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jz
Received 13 Aug 2004St. Mary's Church Heol Yr Eglwys Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bl
Received 27 Apr 200510 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UF
Received 3 May 2013Land At Mynydd Margam Margam Port Talbot
Received 29 Mar 20061 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LA
Received 7 May 201910 New Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3UD
Received 22 Dec 2011Tower Works Tower Close Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Th
Received 18 Sept 200322 Station Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EP
Received 28 Apr 201035 Brynheulog Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HP
Received 20 Mar 200818 Bradfield Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Hl
Received 4 May 200518 Gallt y Ddrudwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FL
Received 29 Jun 2018Duffryn Oaks Pencoed Bridgend
Received 28 Apr 2006Parcel R20 Parc Derwen Coity
Received 20 Jan 20212 Green Hill Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Ew
Received 8 Jun 20046 Princess Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bd
Received 26 Jul 200666 John Street Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 28 Jan 200511 Garden Court Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Uj
Received 13 Jul 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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