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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
9,232 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lluest Fach Pant Rhosla Road Court Colman, Penyfai, Bridgend Cf32 0He
Received 13 Oct 200337 West Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AF
Received 19 Oct 2011Land East Of The Barn Maudlam CF33 4PH
Received 17 Dec 20151A Y Lan Pencoed CF35 6SA
Received 20 Jul 201739 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RG
Received 31 Mar 2009Gelli Farm Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Eu
Received 7 Aug 2006Land At 11 The Retreat Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RU
Received 22 Jul 20103 Sandpiper Road Newton Porthcawl Cf36 3Ud
Received 17 Aug 2004Land At Hillside Green Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 18 Mar 2008Heol West Plas Main Avenue Litchard Ind Estate
Received 25 Nov 2005Lower Waun Davey Coity Bridgend
Received 28 Jan 2008Land adjacent to Stanwell House Blackmill Road Lewistown CF32 7HU
Received 15 Nov 20178 Westfield Crescent Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SG
Received 3 May 2022Atlantic Array Offshore Windfarm Bristol Channel
Received 26 Jul 20138 Hollyhock Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NS
Received 28 Apr 2023Roundabout Site Coity Road Bridgend
Received 16 Jan 200911 The Whimbrels Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3TR
Received 20 Feb 202312 Hutchwns Close Porthcawl CF36 3LD
Received 12 Oct 202283 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Dh
Received 2 Jun 2006Aran 28 Arosfa Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AH
Received 10 Jul 20138 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 18 Apr 2019St Marys R C School Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JW
Received 16 Apr 20082 Cwmcerwyn Cottages Maesteg CF34 9PT
Received 28 Jun 2024Pant Farm Court Colman Bridgend Cf31 4Ng
Received 13 Nov 2003Records 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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