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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
9,283 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Austin Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RS
Received 23 Feb 201725 Griffiths Terrace Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Yb
Received 20 Aug 2004Bwlch Mountain Above Blaengarw
Received 5 Jan 2012Land Rear Of Tair Waun Place Maesteg CF34 9RF
Received 30 Mar 2015Tondu Station Station Approach Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DY
Received 12 Dec 20131 Heol Fair Porthcawl CF36 5LA
Received 23 Feb 2022Parc Derwen - Land Parcel R8 Bridgend
Received 6 Nov 201210 Bramble Close Brackla CF31 2PS
Received 30 Jan 20172 Mayfield Avenue Laleston CF32 0LH
Received 14 Apr 2022227 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Cf32 8Dg
Received 7 Feb 2007115 Heol Glannant Bettws CF32 8SF
Received 28 Mar 2017Carey Bapist Chapel Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BN
Received 2 Dec 201320 Wimborne Road, Pencoed CF35 6SG
Received 8 Oct 202474 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 27 Nov 200881 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LD
Received 17 Jul 2020Parc Stormy Mount Pleasant Road South Cornelly CF33 4RS
Received 13 Sept 2019Unit 2b Kingsway Buildings Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3YH
Received 26 Jan 2021Land R/O Arwerydd Porthcawl Rd South Cornelly Bridgend
Received 5 Aug 200984 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Bd
Received 31 Mar 2006Land between 47 & 49 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HW
Received 29 Jul 2016Land R/O 277/278 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 8 Jun 200410 Dan Y Coed Blackmill CF35 6ES
Received 10 Jul 201962 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DL
Received 5 Aug 2012Coed-Yr-Hela Penyfai Bridgend
Received 6 Oct 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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