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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9,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
8 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 6 Apr 2022Beechcroft House Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4DX
Received 28 Mar 2024Former Open Cast Site Llanilid Llanharan Pontyclun
Received 17 Jun 2005Rear Of 67 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 25 Jan 2016Cwm Ogwr Fach Glannant Road Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RL
Received 27 Jul 2022129 Ffordd Y Draen Parc Derwen Bridgend CF35 6FQ
Received 19 Apr 202118 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf31 9He
Received 22 Apr 200517 Llewelyn Street Nantymoel CF32 7RF
Received 11 Aug 2017Cae Court 12 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 14 Nov 2012Land Rear To Canolfan/The Triangle Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LL
Received 23 Feb 2016Land Rear 12-33 Ffynnon Wen North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4NN
Received 18 Apr 2008Waterton House Brocastle Avenue Waterton Ind. Estate Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 26 Nov 200920 Wernlys Road Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NS
Received 14 May 2008Rear Of Rhiw Car Park Bridgend
Received 23 Nov 2015Morgana Court Care Home Porthcawl Road South Cornelly CF33 4RE
Received 3 Aug 2020St Johns School Church Street Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SJ
Received 14 Apr 2025RNLI Lifeboat Station & slipway Porthcawl
Received 21 Aug 201865 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 12 Jan 20215 Coed Parc Court Bridgend Cf31 4Hu
Received 2 Mar 200619 Ton y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PL
Received 16 May 2022Ty Isaf Farm Shwt Bridgend CF32 8UD
Received 4 Nov 202114 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ss
Received 20 Feb 2004Harris Printers 16/18 Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YA
Received 4 Jul 2008101 Rowans Lane Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9LZ
Received 12 Aug 2008Records 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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