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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9,160 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sainsburys Supermarket The Derwen Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 12 Apr 2010Land at Ty Draw Farm Pyle
Received 20 Dec 2016Plot 2 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 27 Dec 2018Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 24 Aug 2020129 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LN
Received 24 Aug 2016Plas Morlais North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LU
Received 27 Apr 2012Plot Of Land At Blandy Terrace Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LD
Received 13 Oct 2008Mount Pleasant Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NE
Received 15 May 2014West House Bryngarn Road Rhiwceiliog Bridgend CF35 6NE
Received 21 Aug 2008Unit 6, Garth Drive Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Aq
Received 27 Jul 2004Meadow Street Playing Fields Meadow Street North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LL
Received 21 Jul 200914 - 16 Y Wern Bettws Bridgend Cf32 6Rs
Received 25 Oct 2004Church grounds and grave yard of St Cynwyds Church Llangynwyd CF34 9SB
Received 24 Apr 2017Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahen Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 27 Mar 20262 Pant y Celyn Pencoed CF35 6LQ
Received 4 Aug 2020Anwen Care Home Heol Pant-Yr-Awel Pantyrawel Bridgend CF32 7LA
Received 25 Nov 2013Clement Farmhouse Tythegston CF32 0ND
Received 21 Jul 2022Land south of Kenfig Pool Holiday Caravan Park Ton Kenfig Nr Porthcawl CF33 4PT
Received 28 Nov 2025Morris House South Road Bridgend Ind Estate CF31 3RB
Received 20 Apr 20164 Bryn Golau, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4DD
Received 24 Feb 2025Glanwenny Lodge Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 18 Feb 20211 Heol Tegfryn Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LN
Received 25 Jan 2022Rear Of 79 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 29 May 2015Hare Grove Farm Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NR
Received 22 May 2012Records 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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