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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Old Stormy Down Quarry Heol-y-Splot Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 9 Feb 202413 Bryndu Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HB
Received 22 Mar 201649 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 23 Jul 200864 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HU
Received 17 Mar 2021Chapel Barn Merthyr Mawr Village Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 12 Mar 202524 Woodstock Gardens Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6ST
Received 17 Dec 200925 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 5 Mar 2021Harbour Bar & Kitchen Unit 1 The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 23 Aug 2017The Old Bakehouse Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9BT
Received 11 Mar 2021Tondu Hand Car Wash Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BT
Received 22 Jun 202217 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 8 Mar 2022The Pharmacy Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NN
Received 8 Sept 2008Land At Ty Fry Farm Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bb
Received 22 Mar 200683 Mill View Estate Garth Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 13 Sept 202159 Banc Yr Allt Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4RH
Received 27 Sept 20225 Heol Y Parc Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RH
Received 6 Oct 2008Grove Quarry Heol Y Splot South Cornelly CF33 4RD
Received 31 Jan 2018Bridge Cottage Coytrahen Lane from A4063 to Bettws Road Coytrahen CF32 8YR
Received 18 Jan 2022Land/Buldings Rear 31/33 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Dl
Received 18 Dec 2006Station Hill Garage Site Old Station Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DL
Received 4 Oct 20132 Tan y Bryn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RN
Received 17 Oct 201612 Curlew Road Porthcawl CF36 3QA
Received 4 Dec 201810A Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HL
Received 10 Dec 2018Land At Minffrwd Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sd
Received 6 Mar 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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