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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Garn Inn 1 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AN
Received 13 Aug 20144 Raphael Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AU
Received 13 Jan 201270 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend Cf31 1Df
Received 6 Apr 20051 Heol Y Fronfraith Fawr Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AR
Received 28 May 2009Waterton Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Uz
Received 19 May 2004The Old Hall Katie Street Blaengarw CF32 8AB
Received 1 Apr 20214 Woodland Avenue Pencoed Bridgend
Received 19 May 2005134 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JT
Received 30 Jul 2015Zion Baptist Church Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 31 Oct 200716 Market Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ed
Received 4 Jan 2005Plot 1, Land Adj. Bryn Road, Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 23 May 2005142 Heol Ty Gwyn Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AT
Received 23 Jul 2012Ffos Yr Efail Farm Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6PU
Received 10 May 2017Land Adj 29 Hermon Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0ST
Received 16 Apr 200818 Greenwood Close, Litchard, Bridgend, CF31 1PJ
Received 28 Oct 2024Llangeinor Park Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PG
Received 27 Jul 201230 Georgian Way Brackla CF31 2EX
Received 11 Jun 2018Winters Hill Mawdlam CF33 4PL
Received 11 Oct 2007The Dell Church Road / Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 31 May 2011Maes Cadlawr Farm Piggery Lane Llangynwyd CF34 9RU
Received 9 Jun 2020Lavender House (Adj Cartref Ni) Waterton Lane Bridgend CF31 3YW
Received 16 Apr 2014Waves, 5 Well Street, Porthcawl, CF36 3BE
Received 24 Feb 2025Land at former St Johns School Newton Porthcawl
Received 2 Apr 202056 Ystad Celyn Maesteg CF34 9LT
Received 7 Jun 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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