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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
9,160 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Rhyd Cottage Rhyd Lane Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LP
Received 17 Mar 202224 Victoria Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6ER
Received 13 Nov 2020(Land At South Road) Toby Carvery Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Pu
Received 16 Jul 200759 Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YN
Received 7 Apr 2008First & Second Floors 16-18 Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 6 May 2015Crown House 316 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PL
Received 6 Jan 2020Maesteg Depot Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 27 Oct 2023Lakeside Farm Park Hendre Ifan Goch Farm Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EN
Received 7 Jul 201025 Newton Nottage Road Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pf
Received 19 Apr 2006Former Leggetts Logistics Waterton Industrial Est. Bridgend Cf31 3Xb
Received 13 Dec 200468 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NT
Received 27 Oct 200817 The Chase Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jh
Received 2 Aug 2007Compton House 20 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SS
Received 8 Jan 20088 Skomer Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3QH
Received 12 Jun 2015Land At Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Phase 3 Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LZ
Received 27 Apr 2010Apollo Club The Esplanade Porthcawl Cf36 3Yr
Received 16 Aug 200516 The Retreat Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Uf
Received 4 May 200430 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ay
Received 24 Oct 200520 Clos Yr Eryr, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6HE
Received 3 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Bryn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Dw
Received 15 Jul 2004Tyn Yr Heol Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Nl
Received 2 Nov 2004Land At Tylacoch Farm Bettws Bridgend CF32 8UE
Received 14 Jul 2010West Lodge Court Colman Bridgend CF31 4NG
Received 4 Jun 2025Plot Adj To 22 Queen Street Brynmenyn CF32 9HS
Received 17 Dec 2015Records 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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