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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8,513 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 26 Jul 2019Jubilee Farm 9 Jubilee Gardens, Pyle Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Tb
Received 29 Sept 2004Plot 90 Oakwood View Brackla CF31 2DR
Received 25 Sept 2018Land adj 15 Heol Persondy Bettws CF32 8TH
Received 9 Jun 201634 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 16 Jan 2018Plot 12, Andrews Close, Off Bryn Road, Tondu, Bridgend
Received 2 Jun 2005Land off Horsefair Road Waterton Ind Estate CF31 3YN
Received 13 Jun 20164 Bragdu Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JN
Received 3 Nov 2011Betws Football Club Heol Richard Price Betws Bridgend Cf32 8Sg
Received 17 Aug 2005Oaklands Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nt
Received 7 Aug 2006Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 30 Jun 2026Aviation House, Brocastle Avenue, Waterton, CF31 3XR
Received 12 Sept 2024Homebase Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 6 Dec 20177 Silurian Way Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ar
Received 21 Apr 200610 Wimbourne Crescent Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SR
Received 27 Jul 201249 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SB
Received 4 Feb 2010Former St Peters Church Hall Picton Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg
Received 29 Sept 2005Seaview Farm Pyle Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 5EB
Received 29 Oct 201580 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SU
Received 22 Mar 201678 Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UE
Received 5 Aug 2011Land adjacent to 95 Parc Tyn-Y-Waun Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9RH
Received 5 Mar 202545 Woodlands Park, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6EB
Received 16 Apr 202511 Heol-Y-Llwyni, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0DJ
Received 29 Sept 2025112A Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NY
Received 1 Dec 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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