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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
8,972 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 23 Mar 20174 Pant Y Ffynnon Penprysg Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ru
Received 18 Aug 2006Rear of Royal Oak Station Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6EP
Received 23 Oct 202524 Dan Y Coed Blackmill CF35 6ES
Received 16 Dec 201627 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DW
Received 19 Sept 201610 High Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AS
Received 25 Jan 20105 Parc Derllwyn Tondu CF32 9DB
Received 18 May 201710 Parkfields Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nq
Received 22 Dec 2006Land At Park View, Nant Dyrus Farm Wyndham Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Eu
Received 23 Apr 20048 Rhodfa Ceirios Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gg
Received 30 Aug 2007Bryngwenith Farm Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nt
Received 14 Aug 200312 Ton View Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ex
Received 22 Sept 200672 Heol Castell Coity Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PU
Received 22 Feb 2012Swn Y Don Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RT
Received 28 May 2014Land At Garreg Road Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8El
Received 25 Oct 200452 St Michaels Road, Maesteg, CF34 9PA
Received 24 Nov 202548 Ystad Celyn Maesteg CF34 9LT
Received 1 Mar 20219 King Edward Street Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Nd
Received 20 Feb 200660 Heol Croesty Pencoed CF35 5LS
Received 12 Aug 202150 Craiglas Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Nt
Received 8 Dec 200613 Westminster Way Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Qx
Received 12 Apr 2006Land at Salt Lake off Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 23 Feb 202232 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Dh
Received 20 Nov 20034 Albany Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HE
Received 29 Apr 2009Records 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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