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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 18 Feb 20051 Shearwater Close Porthcawl CF36 3TU
Received 10 Jan 2017Rear 55 Suffolk Place Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Eb
Received 24 Mar 200629-44 Heol Llwynffynnon Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Pr
Received 15 Aug 2005Neuadd Domos Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Sd
Received 11 Oct 200421 Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LY
Received 23 Dec 202033 Marlpit Lane Porthcawl Cf36 5Eg
Received 1 Sept 2005Unit 1 Old Kings Head Site Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NH
Received 29 Mar 2011Penyfai Road (Adj. To School) Penyfai Bridgend Cf32 9Ab
Received 9 Sept 200382 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3BD
Received 6 Sept 202233 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EX
Received 23 May 200813 Ysbryd Y Coed Cavendish Park Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 10 Aug 20121 Shoemakers Row Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NS
Received 30 Jun 200956 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SN
Received 9 Mar 20263 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hf
Received 9 Aug 2005Pencoed Garden Centre Pencoed College Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LG
Received 12 Jan 200920 Crossfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LA
Received 6 Dec 201723 St Georges Avenue Bridgend CF31 1RS
Received 25 Mar 20083 Tal Garreg, Cefn Glas, Bridgend, CF31 4ET
Received 17 Mar 2026Garage & Garden R/O 67 West Road Bridgend Cf31 4Hq
Received 17 Jul 20067 Cheltenham Road Porthcawl CF36 3PT
Received 2 Jan 20197 Wildmill Lane Bridgend CF31 1RW
Received 17 Jan 2013Land South West Of Maesteg Rd Tondu Bridgend
Received 25 Jul 2007Land south of Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd off A4063 Factory Lane Llangynwyd CF34 9RW
Received 19 Jan 2022Records 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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