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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8,511 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Cenelau Ty Gwyn Kennels Tyn Y Caeau Lane Porthcawl Cf36 5Su
Received 27 Feb 200625 Bakers Way Bryncethin CF32 9RJ
Received 6 Aug 2015Plot 2 End Of Moira Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bu
Received 26 Jul 2007Cornelly Car Sales Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Hy
Received 5 Apr 20055 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 10 Dec 202113 Maes Llan Kenfig Hill CF33 6DX
Received 11 Aug 2020Unit 1 Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 27 Apr 2012Waterton Service Station A48 By Pass Road Bridgend CF31 3DP
Received 9 Jul 201537 St Davids Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HB
Received 3 Mar 2008Plot Next To 224 Heol Glannant Bettws CF32 8SF
Received 22 Sept 2015Land Adj. To Tower Cottage Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Pg
Received 24 May 200589 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 0Dd
Received 5 Apr 2004Land Between Mallard Way & Golf Club Rest Bay Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 8 Nov 201061A Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ay
Received 23 Dec 200371 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SF
Received 27 Sept 201933 Long Acre North Cornelly CF33 4BE
Received 9 Oct 20172 Technology Drive Bridgend Science Park Bridgend CF31 3NA
Received 19 Jul 2018Land Off Heol Penyfai Penyfai Bridgend
Received 1 Dec 200633 Heol Adare Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EP
Received 24 Dec 2013Hmp & Yoi Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity Bridgend CF35 6AR
Received 25 Jan 2008Land North A4093 Bwtn Glynogwr & Mynydd Maesteg Bridgend
Received 21 Oct 200813 Market Street Bridgend CF32 0NG
Received 14 Sept 2017Woodlands Park Playing Fields Llwyn Gwern Pencoed CF35 6UL
Received 9 Aug 20214 Coleridge Close Cefn Glas CF31 4QB
Received 13 Dec 2022Records 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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