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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 1 Warwick Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 6 Oct 2005Grounds of Gamekeepers Cottage Court Colman Penyfai CF31 4LT
Received 28 Mar 201710 Bracken Way Litchard Bridgend CF31 1YQ
Received 17 Mar 201163 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AY
Received 4 Aug 200916 Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6FB
Received 28 Apr 2021Tyne House Lawrence Close Bridgend CF31 1JY
Received 17 Feb 2012Cabo Roche Five Bells Road Bridgend Cf31 3Hw
Received 8 Sept 20051 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 18 Aug 202139 & 40 Parc Tyn Y Waun Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Rg
Received 30 Mar 2005Land Off Cefn Glas Road Bridgend Cf32 0Ae
Received 10 Aug 2005Asda Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 5 Mar 200818 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EX
Received 14 Oct 20106 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Dw
Received 16 Jan 2007Land Adj Grove Golf Club South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RP
Received 11 Aug 2011Fmr Rc Social Club & 23A Bethania Street Maesteg CF34 9ET
Received 29 Feb 201620 Heol Aelfryn Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7Ld
Received 23 Dec 2003Rear 11 South Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DH
Received 6 Feb 200811 Clos Ty'r Ysgol North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HJ
Received 24 Apr 2013Bramble House 91 Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SY
Received 27 Jul 202117 Pembroke Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7NY
Received 16 Oct 20191 Greyfriars Court Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pn
Received 15 Nov 20043 Pen Gwern Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ye
Received 8 Sept 200412 Elder Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RH
Received 2 Apr 201311b The Retreat Porthcawl CF36 3RU
Received 24 Jul 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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