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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
9,343 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Chorleywood Close, Brackla, Bridgend Cf31 2Eu
Received 15 Dec 2003Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 23 Jul 2019103 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 18 Mar 2019Coedcil Berthi Wood West Of Tondu Road Penyfai Bridgend
Received 23 Jan 2004Londis Supermarket 1 The Precinct Wildmill Estate Bridgend CF31 1SP
Received 29 Nov 2013Tre Groes Bungalow Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lg
Received 8 May 2007145 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SX
Received 7 May 202486 Pyle Inn Way Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Lh
Received 2 Mar 2006Land west of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 25 Sept 2024Mountain View Garage Ty-Fry Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BB
Received 17 May 201015 North Street Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Ph
Received 16 Jul 2004The New Inn Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hl
Received 21 Feb 2005Gilfach Ganol Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg
Received 24 May 200714 Commercial Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bl
Received 18 Jul 2007303 Erw Hir Bridgend CF31 2DJ
Received 3 Mar 2022South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 4 May 2021Heol y Cyw Rugby Club car park High Street Heol y Cyw CF35 6HR
Received 3 Jan 201735 Rest Bay Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 2 Mar 201617 Manor Drive Coychurch CF35 5HA
Received 12 Aug 2019Ogmore Forest Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 12 Apr 2010Land at south side of Pant Hirwaun Heol y Cyw
Received 11 Feb 2020Swn Yr Afon Off Crown Road Kenfig Hill
Received 3 Nov 2004Land Rear 10 Protheroe Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LU
Received 19 Mar 2008Ground floor 29-31 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 18 Dec 2025Records 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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