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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8,566 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Hmp & Hmyo1 Parc Heol Hopcyn John Bridgend Cf35 6Ar
Received 10 Aug 200633 Riverside Aberkenfig CF32 9DA
Received 20 Jul 2020Rockwool Limited Off William Brown Close/Church Lane Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 22 Aug 201119 Preswylfa Court Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 1 Aug 2018147 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DD
Received 26 May 2020St Clares School Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 3 Jun 2014Llangynwyd Village Hall Bridgend Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SW
Received 20 Mar 2017Unit 4 Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend
Received 29 Oct 200464 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Dt
Received 29 Jul 2005Glenside 10 Heol Ty Draw Pyle Bridgend CF33 4AL
Received 15 Mar 2010The Vetz 165 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DE
Received 23 Jun 20082 & 4 Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 17 Oct 20075 Heol Fechan Cefn Glas CF31 4TW
Received 10 Jul 202333 Sandpiper Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3UT
Received 15 Oct 2025Plot B2 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BL
Received 29 Apr 20251 Sandy Lane Porthcawl CF36 5BW
Received 14 Apr 2016Plot 3 Land At Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 16 Nov 201141 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 24 Apr 200756 Minffrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6SD
Received 14 Oct 201619 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 1Lq
Received 13 Nov 2006The Toll House 1 Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 14 Dec 2012Sea View Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PH
Received 23 May 2018Rear Of Bus Stop Adj War Memorial Duffryn Road Maesteg
Received 12 Sept 20144 West Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 11 May 2016Records 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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