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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
8,926 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Ffordd Haearn Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 6 Jul 20187 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 31 Jul 20094-6 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 27 Jun 200641a Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3ER
Received 9 Jun 2020126 Fulmar Road Porthcawl CF36 3PW
Received 1 Apr 201936 Llys Eglwys Broadlands CF31 5DT
Received 15 Jan 202049 Fox Hollows Brackla CF31 2NG
Received 24 Feb 202219 Heol Y Foelas West House Bridgend Cf31 4Rr
Received 18 Jul 2007Meadows at Typica Farm Cefn Carfan Lane Bryncethin CF32 9JF
Received 18 Aug 2020Land R/O John Street Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 1 Nov 20073 & 4 South Parade Maesteg CF34 0AB
Received 17 Jul 2015X R Training Centre 11 Village Farm Ind. Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 22 May 2012Sandhurst 275 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BG
Received 5 Dec 201734 Cheltenham Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PT
Received 27 Jan 2014Plot 40 Sturmi Way, Village Farm Ind Estate, Pyle
Received 26 Mar 201342 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 12 Jan 2009Land at Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 9 Jun 202036 Sanderling Way Porthcawl CF36 3TD
Received 5 May 201792 Chantal Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NW
Received 19 Jun 2017Land At Mynydd Pwllyrhebog
Received 26 Sept 2005Land At Parc Ewenni Ewenny Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 3 Jun 2015Woodside 10 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 3 Nov 20081 Heol Y Graig Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PB
Received 11 Jul 201323 Ty Merchant Pencoed CF35 6PN
Received 1 Jun 2020Records 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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