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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
8,566 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Bridgend Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RL
Received 16 Oct 200738 The Chase Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jj
Received 13 Jan 200426 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Ax
Received 28 Jul 200419 Queen Street Blaengarw
Received 24 Nov 2004Margam Opencast Coal Site Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 3 Sept 200815 Christopher Road Maesteg CF34 0EJ
Received 22 May 20151 Nant Ffornwg Cefn Glas CF31 4TJ
Received 17 May 202138 Minffrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6SD
Received 28 Jun 201814 Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8RA
Received 21 Aug 2011Land Adj. To Griffiths Terrace Caerau Park Estate Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Yb
Received 15 Jul 2005Spar Store 47 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DB
Received 1 Mar 20133 Smallholding Off Hendre Road Coity Bridgend
Received 1 Feb 20059 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 28 Jun 202114 Nantyffyllon Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HF
Received 3 Sept 2008Former Sony Uk Manufacturing Pencoed Business Park Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Hz
Received 23 Jun 2006Units 2 & 3 Former Mole Country Stores Main Avenue Brackla industrial Estate CF31 2AL
Received 13 Sept 2022United Reform Church (Vestry) Meadow Street Pontycymer Bridgend
Received 10 Aug 200515 Christopher Road Maesteg CF34 0EJ
Received 6 Nov 201440 High Street, Pontycymer, CF32 8HY
Received 15 Nov 2024Land At Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AN
Received 9 Apr 20137 Glebeland Close Coychurch CF35 5HE
Received 6 Sept 2019The Knights Arms The Square Porthcawl CF36 3BS
Received 29 Oct 201537 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4AP
Received 26 Aug 20222 & 4 Queen Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hx
Received 12 Sept 2005Records 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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