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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8,972 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Archbishop Mcgrath R C School Heol Yr Ysgol Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Eh
Received 13 Mar 20071 Glanyrafon Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PR
Received 26 Sept 201126 Northways Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LB
Received 6 Jun 2011Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Rq
Received 5 Apr 2005Plot D31 Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate bridgend CF31 3RY
Received 27 Jul 2016Pencoed Primary School Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 24 Jan 201737 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NR
Received 21 Nov 2014Llynfi View Cildaudy Road Coytrahen CF32 0DL
Received 16 Sept 20208 Rhyd y Nant Pencoed CF35 6JD
Received 23 Jun 2023Ballarat, Court Colman, Bridgend, CF32 0HE
Received 28 May 2025Bryn Llefrith Farm Coegnant Road Maesteg CF34 0TN
Received 2 Jul 201967 Eustace Drive Bryncethin CF32 9EX
Received 6 Oct 20239 Anglia Close, Litchard, Bridgend, CF31 1QX
Received 23 Jul 202517 Northways Porthcawl Cf36 5Lb
Received 29 Jun 2007Land Adj To 20 Bradfield Avenue Bridgend CF31 4HL
Received 23 Jul 201551 Yr Ysfa Maesteg CF34 9AG
Received 31 Jul 2008Railway Inn Pub Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LE
Received 8 Oct 2008Foxtroy 25 Dellwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 20 Jun 201730 Teilos Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QR
Received 21 Sept 2007St Julians, 43 Bowham Avenue, Bridgend Cf31 3Pa
Received 18 Dec 2003Plot 3 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 18 Sept 2006Glan yr Afon Home Heol yr Ysgol Tondu CF32 9EG
Received 27 Feb 20199 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nx
Received 29 Sept 2003Bridgend Designer Outlet Village Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 20 Feb 2017Records 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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