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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Crud Yr Awel Hawthorn Drive Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 Ei
Received 7 Mar 20059 Fitzhamon Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3JA
Received 9 Apr 2013Trade Secret 6 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 13 Dec 2013Eyre Court House Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 22 Oct 201451 Wigan Terrace Bryncethin CF32 9YE
Received 23 Apr 2019Ashton House Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AE
Received 22 Aug 2016Coed Parc Library Park Street Bridgend
Received 19 Oct 201221 Austin Close Porthcawl CF36 5SN
Received 19 Jun 20179 Willesden Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RE
Received 13 Jun 2022Unit 4 Royal London Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YW
Received 1 Oct 2009Llanilid West Revised Open Cast Coal Site Bridgend Road Llanharan
Received 12 Jul 20048 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 26 Jan 200689 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ag
Received 7 Mar 2005Rear Of 45 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AP
Received 24 Sept 2012Garden Of 1 New Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EH
Received 18 Nov 20089 Linnet Way Off Lark Rise, Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nx
Received 7 May 2004Unit 1 Ground Floor Esplanade House The Esplanade Porthcawl Cf36 3Ul
Received 3 Feb 2006195 West Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RT
Received 15 Jun 201612 Gerddi Ty Bryn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PZ
Received 14 Apr 201131 Prince Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6ED
Received 4 Jun 2018Mount Pleasant Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NE
Received 17 Jun 201417 Tymeinwr Avenue Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8NE
Received 15 Apr 2008Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla CF31 2AN
Received 24 May 2017Hafod y Gan Heol Las Mawdlam Bridgend CF33 4PL
Received 14 Jun 2018Records 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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