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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jct Of Fulmar Road & Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RH
Received 12 Nov 2014Bridgend Retail Park Hernston Lane Bridgend
Received 6 Oct 2004Old West Farmhouse West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SS
Received 16 Nov 20232 Derllwyn Close Tondu CF32 9DH
Received 11 Mar 20162-4 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 29 Nov 2010Cliff Cottage High Street Laleston CF32 0HN
Received 21 Jul 2015Siderise Insulation Unit 2 Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0AY
Received 3 Apr 20185 Belmont Close Maesteg CF34 0LH
Received 4 Jan 202419 Dan y Coed Blackmill CF35 6ES
Received 15 Aug 201820 Woodside Avenue Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QF
Received 12 Jan 2024Plot adjacent 1 Danygraig Avenue Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 18 Nov 2021Ruhamah Burial Ground Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 16 Aug 202311 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1BX
Received 21 May 2018Orchard Cottage Church Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NP
Received 29 Aug 2012Jennings Buildings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 16 May 2016Land R/O 2-68 Waunscil Avenue Bridgend Cf31 1Ty
Received 22 Dec 200679 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3RY
Received 4 Aug 2025Plot 7, 8 & 9 Adj Llynfi Motors Heol Ty Gwyn Ind Est Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Bq
Received 19 Sept 200527 Garfield Avenue Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qa
Received 13 Nov 2006Tynewydd Funeral Home Llewellyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 1 Jun 2006105 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SS
Received 28 Apr 201020 Aneurin Bevan's Way, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0SX
Received 20 Nov 202512 Westminster Way Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Qx
Received 27 Jul 200546 St Davids Close Brackla CF31 2BN
Received 26 Jul 2021Records 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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