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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
8,803 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Sturmi Way Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BZ
Received 12 Jan 2017Upper Park Farm Tranch Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Nr
Received 13 Apr 200711 Cefn Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JE
Received 11 Mar 20096 Locks Court Porthcawl CF36 3JJ
Received 28 Oct 2021Police Headquarters Lyndsay Court Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3St
Received 6 Jan 200433 Ivor Street Maesteg Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 200313 Fairfield Road Bridgend Cf31 3Dt
Received 18 Aug 200628 Wind Street Laleston CF32 0HU
Received 17 Apr 20144 Cwrt Y Fedwen Maesteg CF34 9GH
Received 16 Aug 2018Land formerly Ffaldau Arms Victoria Street Pontycymmer CF32 8LL
Received 8 Dec 202545 Heol Y Geifr Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UH
Received 11 Nov 2010Land At Tynycoed Farm Sarn Bridgend
Received 3 Aug 2005Wyndham Arms Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 7 Feb 2019Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn CF32 9RW
Received 1 Mar 2024Part of 20a Ffald Road Pyle CF33 6AD
Received 6 Nov 2020Plot A5-1 Blandy Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NR
Received 20 Feb 2013Tesco Stores Limited Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Sq
Received 5 Aug 2005Beechgrove 1 Marine Terrace Porthcawl Cf36 3Bp
Received 21 Nov 200526 Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PG
Received 26 Jul 2018Old Drill Hall Ewenny Road Garth Maesteg CF34 9TR
Received 2 Mar 2026Land At Pleasant View Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0RD
Received 5 Sept 201217B Maesteg Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LB
Received 18 Apr 20085 Waun Wen Bettws Road Llangeinor CF32 8PH
Received 9 Apr 2020Cae Court 12 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 14 Jun 2012Records 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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