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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Llangwm Way Porthcawl CF36 3DE
Received 20 May 2015Land At Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 27 Jan 200914 Tennyson Drive, Cefn Glas, Bridgend, CF31 4PU
Received 23 Jun 2026Nantyffyllon Primary School Garnwen Terrace Maesteg CF34 0ET
Received 6 Jul 2022209 West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Rt
Received 7 Feb 20074 Bryn Terrace Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0AP
Received 25 Feb 202114 Gwendoline Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8AU
Received 2 Oct 201116 Hillsboro Place Porthcawl CF36 3BH
Received 26 Feb 20218 Bracken Way Litchard Bridgend CF31 1YQ
Received 14 Nov 2012Gilead Congregational Chapel Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Au
Received 8 Jan 2007Ty Capel Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 9 Jul 2014Maesteg Market Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BY
Received 17 Nov 201512 Dennis Place Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YP
Received 19 Oct 200919 Pentyla Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0BB
Received 9 Jul 2009Land Off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9BT
Received 22 Oct 201474 Austin Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RS
Received 14 Nov 2016Highgrove House, 159 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3RT
Received 13 Oct 20251 Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Re
Received 9 Aug 20049 Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5RL
Received 15 Mar 20214 Mayfield Avenue Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LH
Received 15 Mar 201323 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 11 Jun 2021Tregolwyn Maudlam Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Pl
Received 7 Nov 200315 South Street Bridgend Cf31 3Ed
Received 14 Apr 2005Wales Evangelical School Of Theology Bryntirion House Bryntirion CF31 4DX
Received 10 Mar 2008Records 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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