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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9,106 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Meadowcroft / Tyddyn Gwaun Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ln
Received 1 Feb 200510 Pant Ardwyn Parc Celyn Pencoed CF35 6LJ
Received 9 Mar 2007Land Off Waun Wen Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 20 May 2004Premier Lloyds Store 14-16 Y Wern Bettws Bridgend CF32 8RR
Received 22 Dec 20146 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 12 May 2008West End Farm Cottage Heol Y Capel Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3ST
Received 26 Jan 200916 West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sn
Received 18 Jan 2006Cefn Ydfa Farmhouse Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EG
Received 23 Aug 20118 Cherry Tree Avenue Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5Rd
Received 23 Feb 2006The Coach House Penylan Farm Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AN
Received 27 Sept 20117 Osborne Close Litchard Bridgend CF31 1YJ
Received 19 May 201047 Long Acre North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Be
Received 17 Dec 2004Plot Adj 1 Vale View Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ry
Received 13 Dec 2005112 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf31 4Sx
Received 24 Sept 2004Maesteg Hospital Tair Waun Place Neath Road Maesteg Cf34 9Pw
Received 5 Aug 200417 Canberra Road Bridgend CF31 1HH
Received 14 Aug 200996A Alma Road Maesteg Cf34 9Aw
Received 10 Dec 200359 Springfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1HP
Received 7 Feb 201816 Brackla Street Centre Bridgend CF31 1DD
Received 31 Jul 2009Coach House Off Cae Dre Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 25 Feb 2009Rooklands Caravan & Camp site Pyle Road Porthcawl CF36 5EJ
Received 23 Aug 201721 Brynderi Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4EN
Received 14 Jul 2009Tesco Stores Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 29 Mar 201212 Celtic View Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Yg
Received 6 Jul 2006Records 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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