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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn CF32 9UH
Received 30 Mar 2021Coed Y Gaer Nursery Hendre Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RA
Received 28 Aug 200911 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LB
Received 15 Jul 20087 Penylan Close Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Lf
Received 17 Dec 20038F Litchard Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AL
Received 10 Dec 2013Land At Rear Of Blundell Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Yy
Received 31 Mar 20068 Meadow Close, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5HH
Received 3 Nov 20253-5 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ee
Received 5 Mar 2007Newbridge Farm Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3PN
Received 18 Jul 20257 Highland Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Yh
Received 8 Feb 200644 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HD
Received 10 Sept 201530 Maes Y Wern Pencoed CF35 6TE
Received 14 Feb 202212 Gwaun Coed Brackla Bridgend
Received 4 Jan 200519 St Christophers Road, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5RU
Received 19 Aug 202543 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EY
Received 22 Dec 2021Waterton Cross Business Park Waterton House South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3UL
Received 24 Jul 202616 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 15 Mar 20073 Cae Canol Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Rs
Received 9 Jun 200448 Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6DE
Received 20 Jan 20203 Elder Street Bridgend CF31 1EU
Received 1 Dec 20114 Vale Park Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EA
Received 30 Nov 201249 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 2 Aug 2019Pyle Police Station, Brynteg Avenue, Pyle, Bridgend Cf35 6Bb
Received 9 Feb 2005Hmp Parc Prison Heol Hopcyn John Coity Bridgend CF35 6AP
Received 23 May 2011Records 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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