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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
8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 7 Oct 200530 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 2 Oct 200724 Alyson Way Pencoed CF35 6TP
Received 11 Aug 20205 Austin Close Porthcawl CF36 5SN
Received 13 Dec 20212 Fern Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AP
Received 4 Jun 2008Sweet Lil Treats Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8PW
Received 8 Jun 2021Land to north of Litchard Mission Church Litchard Terrace Litchard CF31 1PL
Received 6 Jan 202315 The Crescent Old Brackla Bridgend
Received 1 Mar 2004Former St Peter's Church Hall Picton Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hg
Received 23 Nov 2006Trecco Bay Caravan park St Johns Drive Porthcawl CF36 5NG
Received 21 Dec 2016Pietros 32 The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Yr
Received 2 Nov 20069 Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6SS
Received 29 Nov 2018Land At Mj Autos R/O Fairlawn Terrace Pencoed Bridgend
Received 29 Aug 20082 Bryn Gorsedd Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pt
Received 24 Jan 2006Green 3 Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 8 Apr 2004Parc Newydd Farm Moor Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3EX
Received 19 Jun 20153 Meadow View Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Ey
Received 23 Jun 2004Former Mole Valley off Main Avenue Litchard Industrial Estate CF31 2AZ
Received 13 Apr 201895 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Eh
Received 31 Aug 20055 Hafod Decaf, Pyle, Bridgend, CF33 6JH
Received 8 Jun 202620 Bryn Dryslwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BT
Received 23 Aug 2021180 Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LA
Received 12 Aug 201348 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HJ
Received 21 Jun 20126 Coronation Street Aberkenfig CF32 9PS
Received 4 Nov 2019Records 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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