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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8,875 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land At Willowturf Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ph
Received 16 Mar 200774 Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9HE
Received 2 Apr 2014Photronics UK Ltd 1 Technology Drive Bridgend CF31 3LU
Received 9 Jun 2020The White Wheat Zig-zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 24 Nov 2025The Seagulls Cafe/Bar Beach Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Ne
Received 21 Jan 2004Rear of 24 Gregory Close Pencoed CF35 6RF
Received 24 Mar 2021Cornelly Arms, Ffordd Yr Eglwys, North Cornelly, CF33 4HT
Received 14 Feb 20071 The Square Off Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4HA
Received 18 Nov 2010Land Adj 59 North Vale View Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7RD
Received 8 Jul 2010Cornelly Quarry Heol-y-splot South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RD
Received 24 Mar 2026Unit 13 Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3UT
Received 15 Jul 2026Land at Former RAF Facility Mount Pleasant Road Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 25 Aug 20203 Store 17 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 4 Feb 201464 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3QP
Received 28 Sept 201843 South View Kenfig Hill CF33 6DG
Received 8 Sept 201716 Llwyn On North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ea
Received 19 Nov 200320 Laleston Close Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Hw
Received 30 Jul 2007Land At Minffrwd Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SD
Received 31 Jan 20132 Shelley Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4QA
Received 14 Aug 2020Junction of A4229 & Heol Drewi South Cornelly CF33 4RP
Received 2 Mar 202017 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PU
Received 17 Dec 2009Ogmore Vale Constitutional Club 59-63 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AG
Received 4 Jan 2013Londis Supermarket 1 The Precinct Wildmill Estate Bridgend CF31 1SP
Received 29 Nov 2013Land Rear Of 9 Pen Yr Heol Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nd
Received 20 Jul 2007Records 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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