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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 15 Dec 202019 The Retreat, Bridgend, CF31 3NU
Received 20 Oct 202545 Deri Avenue, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6TT
Received 4 Aug 202564 Mill View Garth Maesteg Cf34 0De
Received 5 May 200417 Pentre Howell Pencoed CF35 6RG
Received 9 Nov 20227 Bettws Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HY
Received 11 Sept 200915 Celtic Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YJ
Received 13 Jun 2012Llangewydd Farm Buildings Rogers Lane Laleston Bridgend
Received 26 Feb 200413 Kings Hill Porthcawl CF36 5LD
Received 25 Sept 201966 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend Cf31 1Df
Received 5 Apr 200513 Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DG
Received 29 Mar 202133/35 Cheltenham Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PT
Received 20 Jun 202212 Sanderling Way, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3TD
Received 15 Jul 2025South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 30 Sept 2021Land at Bridgend Police Station and former Cheapside Multi-storey Car Park Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 3 Sept 20259 Picton Gardens Bridgend Cf31 3Hh
Received 9 Dec 200429 Heol Adare Ynysawdre CF32 9EP
Received 27 Jun 2023Land at Central Park off Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TY
Received 10 May 201617 Pen Y Fro & 18 Pen Y Fro Pencoed CF35 6JG
Received 4 Jan 2019Land Adjacent To 1 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend CF35 6AY
Received 8 Nov 200780 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EU
Received 1 Apr 201445 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HS
Received 28 Jun 20116 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DU
Received 16 Mar 201010 Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PR
Received 19 Jul 2010Records 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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