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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sycamore House, Austin Avenue, Laleston, Bridgend, CF32 0LG
Received 17 Sept 2025Unit 11 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 13 Feb 202522 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BE
Received 21 Feb 2008Former Boxing Gym Albert Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EB
Received 19 Aug 2011Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 21 Jan 2019Rhych Point Trecco Bay Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 31 Mar 200620 Heol Nant North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 25 Nov 2003166 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5ED
Received 2 Feb 2018Plot 106 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg Cf34 9Dr
Received 5 Aug 20034 Lias Cottages Porthcwl CF36 3AD
Received 18 Jul 2012Porthcawl Lifeguard Station Rhych Point Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 14 Mar 2011The Paddocks Llan Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend
Received 27 Jan 20143 Poplar Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LT
Received 10 May 201327 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DH
Received 26 Jan 2015Waun Y Mer Farm Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pu
Received 13 Feb 200712 Careg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BS
Received 16 Dec 2009Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn Bridgend CF32 9RW
Received 6 Jul 2009Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ
Received 3 Dec 2025Car Park at Princess Of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1RQ
Received 26 Feb 2026Llanmihangel Mill Farm Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Rl
Received 17 Jun 20048 Swn-Yr-Adar Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Ge
Received 7 Feb 200620 Maes Yr Haf Road North Cornelly CF33 4EN
Received 11 Oct 201823-27 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ad
Received 21 Dec 200551 Neath Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ef
Received 22 Nov 2004Records 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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