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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
9,401 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mcdonalds Restaurant Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 11 Apr 2008Craig Y Aber Land N.E. Of Forch-Orky Treorchy CF42 6TF
Received 12 Jan 2015The Woodlands, 67 Ystadwaun Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Pw
Received 26 Aug 200547 Woodlands Avenue Pencoed Bridgend
Received 29 Oct 200430 Glynstell Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Nn
Received 26 Sept 2003Land At Newton Down Porthcawl Bridgend CF32 0NE
Received 14 May 200822 Hunters Ridge Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LH
Received 31 Jan 2014Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 29 Jul 2016Porthcawl Ate Gordon Road Plas Isa Porthcawl Cf36 3Aa
Received 28 Feb 20062 Silurian Way Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6AQ
Received 30 Aug 201190 Coed Parc Court Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DQ
Received 30 Jan 20084 Leckwith Drive Bryntirion CF31 4JH
Received 16 Jul 20206 Priory Road Bridgend CF31 3LA
Received 7 Dec 2012Plot Of Land Rear 1 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend CF31 3BB
Received 4 Aug 200836 Coychurch Road Gardens Bridgend
Received 8 Mar 20052 Skomer Close Porthcawl CF36 3QH
Received 12 May 2022Nottage Park Lodges Moor Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 26 Jun 202460 Fairoak Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PH
Received 8 May 200881 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 11 Dec 2018The Croft Heol Goedog Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0AN
Received 21 Aug 2008Former 56 Davies Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hb
Received 16 Feb 20048 Westfield Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3SG
Received 10 Jun 20196 St Johns Drive, Newton, Porthcawl CF36 5PW
Received 4 Nov 2024R/O St Michaels Rd & Morris St Maesteg CF34 9EL
Received 18 Feb 2011Records 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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