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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
9,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ba
Received 1 Aug 200666 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DF
Received 7 Apr 201563 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NT
Received 30 Jan 201346 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JB
Received 4 Jun 2008St Marys Church Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bl
Received 30 Sept 2005316 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 28 Aug 200714 Highbury Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RD
Received 28 Feb 201159 Commercial Street Nantymoel
Received 24 Feb 2005The Wyndham Arms Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 4 Jul 2014Heronston Hotel Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 31 Oct 201750 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 7 Jul 2023Former Swalec Depot Tremains Road Bridgend
Received 1 Sept 2003Twin Oaks Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DG
Received 18 Feb 20137 Heol Neuadd Domos Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9GA
Received 28 Apr 2015Unit 1, Quarella Road, Bridgend, CF31 1JS
Received 19 Mar 202543 Great Western Avenue Bridgend Cf31 1Nn
Received 4 May 2007The Old Vicarage Vicarage Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9PF
Received 29 Oct 2007Coach House Penylan Farm Aberkenfig CF32 9AN
Received 10 May 2021Pin It Pastry Ltd Abergarw Industrial Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9LW
Received 3 Mar 2015Spring House, Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5NN
Received 29 May 201478 Pant Hirwaun Heol y Cyw CF35 6HH
Received 12 Oct 2021The Factory, High Street Pontycymmer CF32 8HY
Received 22 Nov 2012Flat 2 Seawinds Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 31 May 20191 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 2 Jul 2010Records 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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