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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Heol Tre Dwr Waterton Bridgend Cf31 3Aj
Received 27 Jul 200517 Wyndham Street Evanstown CF39 8RT
Received 29 Sept 2016Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 6 Nov 2006Land on the east side of Bedford Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BW
Received 26 Jul 20181 & 2 Blandy Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DY
Received 3 Apr 2013Plot 1 Adj. To 10 Albert Terrace Maesteg Cf34 9Eb
Received 12 Sept 2003Party Britain 4 Davids Close David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SA
Received 10 May 20133 Heol Pentyla Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NF
Received 25 Oct 2010Plots At Marlas Farm Site North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4PY
Received 27 Aug 200972 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 23 Jun 200832 The Burrows Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Aj
Received 1 Feb 200523 Waterton Close Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 5 Jun 201563 West End Avenue Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3NE
Received 1 May 20244 Millers Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Bridgend CF32 9TD
Received 16 Feb 201165 Badgers Mead Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pz
Received 22 Sept 2003Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn Bridgend CF32 9RW
Received 2 Jan 200943 West Street Maesteg CF34 9AF
Received 8 Sept 20157 West End Avenue Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ne
Received 2 Feb 2007Royal Oak Public House Bethania Street Maesteg CF34 9ET
Received 8 Feb 2017Porthcawl Comprehensive School Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3ES
Received 23 Dec 202033 Woodland Place, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4EW
Received 26 Jun 202511 The Retreat Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RU
Received 5 Feb 200920 Beechwood Grove Pencoed CF35 6SU
Received 29 Apr 2021Ronnies Commercials Clos yr Orsaf Porthcawl CF36 5TH
Received 20 Feb 2020Records 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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