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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
8,875 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Parc Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AQ
Received 18 May 20092 The Parc Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LS
Received 10 Oct 2016Nolton Church Vicarage Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend
Received 19 Jan 200694 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla CF31 2QG
Received 10 Oct 2014Adj The Old Barn Heol Las, Mawdlam Bridgend Cf33 4Ph
Received 6 Oct 200433 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HS
Received 6 Mar 201440 Alexandra Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HB
Received 29 Jan 2016Land To N.E. Of 62 St Illtyds Rd Bridgend CF31 4JY
Received 28 Sept 2006Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Hr
Received 20 Jan 20064 School Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9TW
Received 16 Feb 2009Ward Jones (Bridgend) Ltd Horsefair Road Waterton Ind Estate Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 20 Jan 201517 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RD
Received 9 Jun 200961 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Le
Received 14 Apr 20049 Glan yr Afon Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PR
Received 13 Nov 202091 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LD
Received 12 May 20115 Maes Trawscoed Broadlands Bridgend
Received 1 Mar 20042 Priory Gardens Bridgend Cf31 3Lb
Received 11 Aug 200515 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DU
Received 19 May 2011Hillcrest Penybryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HU
Received 23 Jul 2008Land At Cornelly Garage Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HY
Received 25 Jul 2012Great House Hotel High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HP
Received 30 Jan 201213 Shakespeare Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 12 Mar 200415 Pleasant View, Caerau, Maesteg, CF34 0RD
Received 1 Oct 2025Land R/O Swan Inn Aberkenfig Bridgend
Received 27 Jan 2006Records 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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