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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
50A Wigan Terrace Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 11 Apr 200652 Station Road Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rd
Received 6 Feb 2006Land at Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 24 Aug 202016 Parc Court Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bw
Received 20 Apr 2007Plot 62 Carreg Erw (51 Ffordd Y Grug) Coity Bridgend CF35 6BQ
Received 23 Oct 201222 The Burrows Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AJ
Received 16 Aug 201173 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AY
Received 16 Aug 2017Elder Yard Bridgend CF31 1EU
Received 16 Sept 201033 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UT
Received 28 Mar 2008Holbrook Timber Frame Ltd Area 1 Abergarw Trading Est Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LW
Received 27 Jul 2009Ffaldau Primary School Albany Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HW
Received 17 Jul 201220 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3NY
Received 3 Jan 2019Rear of 274 New Road, Porthcawl, CF36 5PL
Received 11 Nov 2025Owen G Motors Ltd Dunraven Business Park Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 5 Jul 201638-40 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DH
Received 7 Feb 20232 Blundell Court Blundell Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3BQ
Received 25 Oct 2017Islawen Farm Islawen Meadows Pencoed CF35 6SP
Received 28 Jul 202036 Cae Gwyllt Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FF
Received 12 Jan 2021Ty Gwyn Farm House Heol Las Coity Bridgend
Received 23 Dec 2005Griffin Park Tennis Court Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 31 Jan 2008Princes Way Commercials Princes Way Bridgend Industrial Park Bridgend Cf32 3Te
Received 6 Oct 2003The Barn Coed Y Mwstwr Isaf Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Hw
Received 29 Jun 20049 Brynglas Terrace, Pyle, Bridgend, CF33 6AG
Received 2 Feb 2026Upper Park Farm Tranch Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NR
Received 29 May 2014Records 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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