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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Quarella Road (Former Litten Tree) Bridgend Mid Glamorgan CF31 1JS
Received 22 Oct 2009City Ganol Farm Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Uw
Received 22 Sept 2004124 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 16 Jul 202145 Heol Castell Coety Litchard CF31 1PU
Received 14 Apr 201630 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EJ
Received 27 Jul 201110 Wimbourne Crescent Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SR
Received 25 May 2011Waterton Cross Business Park Bridgend
Received 28 Sept 200411 Rogers Lane Laleston CF32 0LB
Received 2 Aug 2019Land At Garregside Blaengarw Bridgend
Received 13 Jun 200523 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DU
Received 1 Dec 201027 Heol Llwynffynon Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PR
Received 19 Nov 200746 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend
Received 16 Feb 2005Unit 12 Ffordd Tirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 8 Dec 20176 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Lb
Received 5 Aug 20031 Vernon Street Bridgend CF31 1TQ
Received 27 Sept 200711 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9DA
Received 16 Mar 201123 Pen Y Fro Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jg
Received 14 Jun 2005Land fronting Junction 35 of M4 Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 28 Mar 201938 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4SS
Received 16 Jun 200837 Eustace Drive Bryncethin CF32 9PJ
Received 20 Jun 2018Broadlands Area 10 Merthyrmawr Estate Bridgend
Received 12 Nov 20037 Neville Road Bridgend CF31 3HB
Received 20 Feb 2023Cwmdu Lodge Maesteg CF34 0DH
Received 30 Jul 2024Exhaust Tyres & Batteries 28 Aneurin Bevan Avenue Brynmenyn Ind Estate CF32 9SZ
Received 27 Nov 2014Records 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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