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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
8,674 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Wyndham Arms Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 9 Dec 201311 Talana Terrace
Received 29 Jun 2006112 Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NB
Received 6 Apr 20161 Napier Close Bridgend Cf31 1Tw
Received 15 Jul 20059 Ogmore Drive Porthcawl CF36 3HR
Received 18 Jan 202321A Cemetery Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Hr
Received 20 Aug 200365 St Michaels Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9PA
Received 27 Sept 201221 Wood Street Maesteg CF34 9BB
Received 29 Sept 202223 Herbert Street Blaengarw CF32 8AF
Received 22 Jan 201612 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3BA
Received 26 Nov 20206 Heol Fach, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4LB
Received 27 Feb 2025Former Christie Tyler Premises Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend
Received 4 Feb 2009Highfields Blackmill Road Lewistown Bridgend Cf32 7Hu
Received 17 Jan 2006West Winds Bay View Road Porthcawl CF36 5NF
Received 29 Apr 2019Sutton Court 15 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 20 Oct 201549 Greenfield Street Maesteg CF34 0NP
Received 9 Jan 201919 Ffordd Haern / Iron Way Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 21 Oct 201338 Brynllywarch, Maesteg, CF34 9NB
Received 3 Jul 2025All Saints Church Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 26 Jan 200613 Sycamore Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AL
Received 14 Jun 20166 Daleside Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Ax
Received 3 Jul 2006Tesco Stores Ltd Brewery Lane Bridgend CF31 4AP
Received 20 Jun 2013Plot 1A Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BJ
Received 14 May 2008Homebase Ltd Bridgend Retail Park Picton Court Bridgend Cf31 3Xx
Received 7 Aug 2003Records 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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