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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
9,106 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ra
Received 20 Apr 20055 Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Eb
Received 18 Aug 2005Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend
Received 22 Dec 2003Swallow Barn Hendre Farm Pencoed CF35 6RA
Received 31 Jul 2008124 Heol Yr Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TD
Received 4 Oct 201127 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 27 Jan 2020Outside Gills4cars Llwydarth Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ey
Received 2 Sept 2005Bridgend Tennis Club Church Road Bridgend CF31 3AZ
Received 13 Apr 202272 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SF
Received 28 Feb 201215 Glan Y Llyn North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EF
Received 18 Dec 200766 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hh
Received 16 Mar 200421 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NX
Received 16 Jun 2011Land At Pugsley Gardens Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Az
Received 1 Jun 200513 Commercial Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7RA
Received 14 Dec 200724 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 3 Nov 201718 Heol Maendy Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UW
Received 17 Sept 201092A John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 18 Mar 20241 Pant Gwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BA
Received 8 Feb 201610 Caer Berllan Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rr
Received 14 Nov 20067 9 11 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dd
Received 9 Feb 200424 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HG
Received 28 Feb 202025 Dunraven Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AS
Received 2 Mar 2009The Woodlands Mill Lane Bridgend CF31 4JD
Received 6 Sept 2018Tesco Castle Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 26 Feb 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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