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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8,803 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Box Cottages, Coytrahen, Bridgend, CF32 0DN
Received 12 Oct 2005Land Adjacent 30 Exchange Street Maesteg Bridgend
Received 7 Sept 2007Keyham 15 The Retreat Porthcawl CF36 3RU
Received 4 May 20233 Rhyd y Nant Pencoed CF35 6JD
Received 11 Jan 2018Brynmenyn Primary School Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9La
Received 25 Aug 2006Ritz Bingo Premises / Embassy Cinema Site, Adj To Tondu Road / Brewery Lane, Bridgend
Received 16 Jun 2009Land Rear Of Salisbury Road Maesteg Cf34 9Eg
Received 29 Dec 200635 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 25 Apr 2019Land to front of Brooklands House Penyfai Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AA
Received 13 Nov 201715 Marigold Court Brackla CF31 2NB
Received 15 Jul 2014Land Rear Of Maerdy Hotel Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NA
Received 14 Mar 201117 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pj
Received 23 Feb 200544 Fox Hollows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NG
Received 6 Mar 20094 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 5 Feb 2018Village Farm Cafe Sturmi Way Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BZ
Received 15 Oct 20146 Ton Rhosyn Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Hu
Received 26 Feb 2004Tremains Primary School Channel View Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NL
Received 23 Jun 2016Former Llanilid Opencast Coal Site Llanharan Rct
Received 1 Feb 201024 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend
Received 11 Dec 200357 Birch Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AN
Received 22 Feb 20102 Clos Y Capel Porthcawl CF36 3SJ
Received 2 Mar 20151A Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 8 Feb 2011Land Adj Three Horse Shoes Lamb Row South Cornelly CF33 4RL
Received 9 Sept 2019Unit 4, Cornstores Ind. Est., Maesteg Cf34 0Ba
Received 12 Jan 2005Records 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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