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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
8,713 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
168 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Bh
Received 10 Feb 2004Ewenny Farm House Ewenny Cross Vale Of Glamorgan Cf35 5Ab
Received 21 May 200429 Hollyhock Drive Brackla CF31 2NS
Received 15 Sept 2016Industrial Air Power Coegnant Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AW
Received 22 Mar 2011Swinford House Court Colman Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ng
Received 23 Mar 2004Aviation House, Brocastle Avenue, Waterton, Bridgend, CF31 3XR
Received 5 Dec 2024Land Adj 9 Meadow Street North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LL
Received 7 Mar 2012Plot 7 Hillside Gardens Off Gwaunbant Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 26 Jul 200793 Priory Oak Brackla CF31 2HZ
Received 29 Dec 2017Former school playing fields Lower Comp site Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 7 Jun 201715 The Willows Brackla CF31 2HD
Received 1 Nov 2023Fernhollows Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 19 Nov 201234 The Hollies Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PP
Received 24 Feb 201122 Pen Llwyn Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Az
Received 20 Feb 2007Land Rear 61/62 Heol Ty Maen Adjacent Barnes Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 2 Sept 2011Land At St Illtyd's Road Bridgend CF31 4JY
Received 21 Dec 2015Home Farm Coytrehen Bridgend CF32 8YS
Received 31 Aug 200732 Highland Court Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9US
Received 18 Jul 2017Mayfield Laleston CF32 0HH
Received 6 Aug 2015Land next to Trem yr Afon 16 Corbett Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AA
Received 6 Sept 20212 Redshank Close Porthcawl CF36 3UG
Received 18 Apr 2023Sinclair Group Body Repair Centre Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3RX
Received 24 Jun 2009Rockwool Ltd Wern Term Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 2 Oct 201844 Ivor Street Maesteg CF34 9AH
Received 12 Jun 2017Records 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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