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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
8,763 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Mervyn Way Pencoed CF35 6JH
Received 1 Aug 2023Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 20 May 202524 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9He
Received 26 Jun 2006Plot 4 Penllwyngwent Industrial Estate Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AX
Received 6 Mar 201462 Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5RA
Received 12 May 2020Red Hill Farm Laleston CF32 0NB
Received 13 Mar 20201 Ger Y Bont Off Castle View Bridgend Cf31 1Hl
Received 17 May 2006Sarn Park Motorway Services Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SY
Received 6 May 2014Hsbc 13 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JQ
Received 11 Sept 201437 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4BY
Received 10 Nov 20202 Dale View Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0De
Received 14 Jan 2004Peter Alan Ltd 22 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 11 Apr 201427 Heol Castell Coety Litchard CF31 1PU
Received 15 Sept 2020Nidum, Ystadwaun Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PW
Received 17 Oct 2013Woodstock Elm Road Porthcawl CF36 5AG
Received 1 Sept 2020Land Adj A4063 (Opp Paper Mills) Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend
Received 19 Nov 201335 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Da
Received 26 Aug 2005Parcel R13 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 2 Sept 201118 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DF
Received 30 May 200818 Alyson Way Pencoed CF35 6TP
Received 5 Dec 20221 Nicholls Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 5LH
Received 3 Jun 202523 Parkfields Penyfai CF31 4NQ
Received 26 Jul 201738 Georgian Way Brackla CF31 2EX
Received 5 May 2016Bayswater Tubes Site Heol-Y-Geifr Pencoed CF35 6UH
Received 18 Nov 2015Records 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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