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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Picton Gardens Bridgend Cf31 3Hh
Received 12 Aug 200492 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LU
Received 8 Jul 200847 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DG
Received 4 Aug 202145 Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Lj
Received 21 Jun 20043 Coed Y Cadno Cavendish Park Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Ga
Received 4 Oct 2005Harbour Bar & Kitchen Unit 1 The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 23 Aug 20177 Parcau Road Bridgend CF31 4TA
Received 20 Aug 2018Units 16-19 The Triangle Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ll
Received 17 Sept 200414 Pintail Close Porthcawl CF36 3QD
Received 30 Aug 2018Grove House, Park Farm Penprysg Road (B4280) Heol-y-Cyw CF35 6HL
Received 20 May 2026Unit D7 David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SA
Received 20 Dec 2023The Star Public House Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DW
Received 7 May 2009Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SB
Received 19 Dec 201139 Llan Road Llangynwyd CF34 9TD
Received 10 May 2024Maple Drive Ewenny Road Bridgend
Received 25 Feb 200451 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QN
Received 21 Aug 200713 Heol Mair Litchard Higher Bridgend Cf31 1Yl
Received 13 Jan 200618 Cae Beddgelert Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FH
Received 27 Sept 2017Communal Garden 8 Glanffornwg Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Rh
Received 13 Feb 200715 Parcau Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SZ
Received 23 May 201336 Leyshon Way Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9AZ
Received 26 Jan 2012Garages east of 2 Heol Bradford Bettws CF32 8TG
Received 27 Jan 2026Asda Stores Coychurch Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ag
Received 31 Jul 20071 Llangeinor Terrace Lewistown CF32 7LS
Received 24 Apr 2019Records 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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