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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9,283 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adjacent To Princess Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BD
Received 23 Aug 201024 Chestnut Drive Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 9 Aug 2021Carlyn Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BD
Received 30 Oct 202316 Crown Road Maesteg Cf34 0Ln
Received 14 Mar 2006The Old Llynfi Power Station Aberkenfig Bridgend
Received 14 Mar 200522 Waun Wen Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Nb
Received 1 Aug 200312 Priory Close Bridgend Cf31 3Lw
Received 23 May 200613 Bramble Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PS
Received 18 Jan 2023Plot 2 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 25 Jul 2017Land At 1-3 St David Street Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 5 Nov 2007The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 28 Jul 2017Land At Chelsea Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 30 Mar 2009107 St John St Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bb
Received 2 Aug 200454 Rockfields Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Nt
Received 19 Jan 20053 Heol Las, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4AP
Received 17 Aug 20269 Sanderling Way Porthcawl CF36 3TD
Received 18 Mar 201431 Heol Cambrensis Pyle CF33 6JA
Received 2 Dec 20164 Cae Ysgubor Brackla CF31 2HP
Received 31 Mar 201718 Glanogwr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Pf
Received 2 Feb 2007Land Adj 1 Heol Goedog Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 18 Apr 2008Land Adj. To Glanynant Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 31 Jan 20063 Kittiwake Close Porthcawl CF36 3UU
Received 27 Sept 2017Dunraven Business Park Coychurch Rd Bridgend
Received 11 Dec 200398 Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 3Bp
Received 9 Dec 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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