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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
8,527 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aldi Salt Lake Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 23 Dec 20224 Meadow Rise Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9DZ
Received 8 Apr 201466 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 25 Aug 201521 The Willows Brackla CF31 2HD
Received 27 Sept 202217 Pen Parcau Bettws CF32 8SS
Received 11 Oct 2021Plas-Y-Coed Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dl
Received 7 Sept 2005Land To Side/Rear Of 38 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LQ
Received 19 Feb 20098 Clevis Crescent, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5NY
Received 20 Aug 202617 Rhoddfa Mes Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Bf
Received 24 Apr 20063 South Parade Maesteg CF34 0AB
Received 30 Jun 2023102 Bishopswood Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LZ
Received 26 Feb 20086 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 15 Apr 2021Former Margam Surface Mine Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 5 Apr 2018Land At Madoc Close Brackla CF31 2PY
Received 3 May 2016Plot 4 Llynfi Court Maesteg
Received 24 Mar 2005Coity Farm House Heol-Yr-Ysgol Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bl
Received 6 Feb 200674 Turberville Street Garth Maesteg
Received 8 Jun 2004Park View Nant Dyris Farm Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Eu
Received 8 Mar 200419 Beechwood Grove Pencoed CF35 6SU
Received 8 Nov 2023Ardwyn, 53 Cowbridge Road, Bridgend, CF31 3DH
Received 11 Oct 2024Garn Stores 46a Garn Road Maesteg CF34 9AT
Received 31 Jul 20177 Dan Y Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BG
Received 30 Oct 2007Rosebank Heol Simonston Coity CF35 6BE
Received 16 Sept 2019The Barber Shop ( Nathaniel House ) Enterprise Rent-A-Car Nathaniel House Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SA
Received 15 Feb 2012Records 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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