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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8,527 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
68 Hunters Ridge Brackla Bridgend Bridgend Cf31 2Lj
Received 3 Sept 200313 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LP
Received 17 May 2013Riverside Waterton Lane Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YW
Received 18 Dec 2012Land Off Coychurch Road Brackla Bridgend
Received 10 Aug 200419 Laburnum Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5UA
Received 7 Sept 2012Land formerly Ffaldau Arms Victoria Street Pontycymmer CF32 8LL
Received 8 Dec 202510 Marlas Road Pyle Bridgend
Received 5 Nov 200413-14 Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 12 Nov 2020Caegarw Farm Pyle Bridgend
Received 28 Dec 2005Belles Cwtch 24 St Christophers Road Porthcawl CF36 5RY
Received 2 Aug 20183 Glebeland Close, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5HE
Received 24 Feb 202617 Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend Cf35 9Dp
Received 24 Aug 2007Former Intra Tiles Unit Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 9AN
Received 29 May 2012Flat 1 Seawinds Rest Bay Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UN
Received 28 Jul 2011Brodawel Camping And Touring Park Moor Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 13 Jun 2025127 Mill View Estate Garth Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 30 Sept 202052 Honeysuckle Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nt
Received 1 Sept 200421 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 17 Dec 2010Bryntirion Football Club Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JU
Received 30 Mar 2011Unit 2A Kingsway Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3YH
Received 14 Jan 2025Sker House Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PJ
Received 3 Feb 2020Land West Of Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 2 Mar 200430 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 6 Oct 200920 Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 25 Feb 2010Records 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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