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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Blaen y Cwm Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AG
Received 6 Jan 2020Glanffrwd (HC-One) Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LP
Received 9 Oct 2020Green Acres Motel 111 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 5LH
Received 6 Feb 2017R/O Decor Frame Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Xr
Received 10 Apr 20069 Clos y Coed Pen y Fai CF31 4GD
Received 27 Jul 20165 South Parade Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AB
Received 2 Oct 2012South Wales Police HQ Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 25 Mar 201930 Rest Bay Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 13 Aug 2024The Hollies Court Colman Bridgend CF32 0HE
Received 29 Dec 2015Unit 5 Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 22 Sept 201544 Hafod Las Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NB
Received 28 Feb 2016Plot 13 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6AJ
Received 10 Apr 2006Outside 3 St Marys Crescent Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Ux CF34 OUX
Received 2 Sept 200527A Talbot Street Maesteg Cf34 9Db
Received 16 Jul 2007Land Rear 28 Cwrt Pant Yr Awel Lewistown Bridgend CF32 7HW
Received 20 Sept 2011Land Adj To Princess Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bd
Received 10 Apr 2007Plot 1, Land Adj. 14 Garreg Rd, Pontycymer Bridgend Cf32 8El
Received 15 Apr 200513 Ffordd Y Goedwig Pyle CF33 6HY
Received 9 Jun 2023Glandderw House 20 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9BG
Received 8 Aug 20222 Railway Terrace South Cornelly CF33 4RW
Received 25 Jun 2021Former OCLP site Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 19 Jun 201772 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 15 Oct 20143 The Dell Laleston CF32 0HR
Received 22 Sept 2022Waun Wen Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 2 Dec 2013Records 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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