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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
8,513 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brynsiriol Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dl
Received 23 Sept 2004Rear 55 Deri Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TT
Received 30 Jun 20151 Jubilee Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 22 Mar 20078 The Firs Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AX
Received 1 Feb 2008Land To R/O 29-40 Dale View Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0De
Received 28 Feb 2005Land At Erw Hir (Plots 201-212) Off Coychurch Road Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Dd
Received 10 Jul 200714-20 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BL
Received 3 May 202461 Heol Y Frenhines Bridgend Cf31 4Rn
Received 6 Feb 2006Former Margam Surface Mine Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 25 Nov 2022Barn at Manor Farm Manor Farm Cottage Tyn y Caeau Lane Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 26 Mar 2021Plot 122/123 Village Farm Ind. Est. Pyle Bridgend
Received 7 Dec 2004Hmp Prison Parc Heol Hopcyn John Bridgend Cf35 6Ap
Received 1 Dec 2003Former OCLP site Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 11 Mar 201940B Sturmi Way Village Farm Industrial Estate CF33 6BZ
Received 21 Dec 2020Rear garden of 23 Ty Merchant Pencoed CF35 6PN
Received 17 Jul 2019Cornelly Primary School site Greenfield Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LW
Received 25 Aug 202210 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DE
Received 26 Apr 20102 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 18 Sept 200638 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6BY
Received 18 Jul 2023The Dunes Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 17 Aug 200722 Sandfields Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Rb
Received 17 Feb 2006Old Station Yard Porthcawl CF36 5TH
Received 26 Apr 2024The Cherry Laurel Banks Buildings Access Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3RY
Received 3 Oct 2018Unit 3 Welsh Designer Outlet Mcarthur Glen The Derwen Bridgend Cf32 9Su
Received 14 Aug 2006Records 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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