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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Llwyn Bedw Pencoed CF35 6TH
Received 1 May 2018Redfern 12 Glenview Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LZ
Received 7 Jan 2008159 West Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RT
Received 25 Aug 20161 South View Off Lower Adare Street Pontycymmer CF32 8LE
Received 17 Sept 20146 Cae Bron Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HQ
Received 17 Jun 2010Llwynfanen Heol Las Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 29 Jan 200925 Park Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BA
Received 3 Mar 20101 New Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EH
Received 8 Nov 20117 Longland Close Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LR
Received 18 Jun 201225 Ton Teg, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5ND
Received 10 Oct 20243 Cross Street Elder Yard Bridgend CF31 1EX
Received 6 May 20103 Nottage Mead Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 1 Aug 2017St Clares School Hawthorn Place Porthcawl CF36 5AS
Received 14 May 2018The Old Garage Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 27 Nov 2009Brynglas 43 Neath Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ee
Received 23 Sept 2005Merlin Crescent Llangewydd Road Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 13 Jul 20057 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Et
Received 3 Feb 20068 Tyddyn Gwaun Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LN
Received 3 Oct 2012Building plot 2 St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 8 Apr 202218 Chaucer Close Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PZ
Received 25 Mar 2021Land At Waterton Cross Hernston Lane Bridgend
Received 18 Nov 20091 Waterton Road Bridgend CF31 3YY
Received 27 Mar 2019Bryn Sarn Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Rw
Received 13 Aug 201019 Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4JA
Received 30 May 2007Records 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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