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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adj 20 Penyfai Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Aa
Received 4 Oct 200453 Swn Cloch Yr Eglwys Cefn Glas CF31 4QH
Received 13 Jun 2019Ty Tanglwst Farm Heol-Y-Sheet Stormy Down CF33 4SA
Received 8 Jun 201536 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 17 Mar 2021Rear 10 Pen-Y-Fai Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AA
Received 14 Jun 201258 Tuberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LU
Received 15 Jun 201110 Vale View Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ry
Received 22 Apr 2005Land to South East of Tondu Ironworks Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 3 Aug 2023100 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TD
Received 13 Feb 2020The Portway Roundabout Porthcawl
Received 17 Aug 200512 Glan Ogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 29 Jun 201116 Cribwr Square Kenfig Hill CF33 6NB
Received 14 Feb 20202 Pont Newydd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pq
Received 9 Jul 201021 Tir Newydd North Cornelly CF33 4NA
Received 15 Dec 2014Pencoed Library Penybont Rd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Ra
Received 29 Jan 2004Old Drill Hall Ewenny Road Garth Maesteg CF34 9TR
Received 2 Mar 202628 Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8PW
Received 26 Oct 2018Garth Primary School Mission Road Garth Maesteg CF34 0ND
Received 6 Apr 2022Gilfach Ganol Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Sd
Received 25 May 2007Mount View 46 Hall Drive North Cornelly CF33 4HR
Received 15 Jul 202212 Priory Road Bridgend Cf31 3La
Received 18 Feb 200442 Taliesin Close Pencoed CF35 6JR
Received 20 Aug 201893 Parc Tyn Y Waun Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RH
Received 1 Oct 200712 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4HZ
Received 28 Oct 2016Records 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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