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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
8,618 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Mervyn Way Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JH
Received 24 Mar 2015Land to the west of Bryn Bragl Brackla CF31 2LP
Received 5 May 2017Tesco Stores Ltd Brewery Lane Bridgend CF31 4AP
Received 26 Sept 20131 Hubert Drive Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PW
Received 16 Sept 200936 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AD
Received 11 Jan 201136 Parkfields Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nq
Received 3 Nov 2004Land Rear 25 & 27 Croft Goch Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HA
Received 15 Jul 20157 Brynglas Terrace Pyle CF33 6AG
Received 9 May 20231 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ay
Received 2 Mar 200610-12 Dunraven Pl., Flying Freehold 8 Dunraven Pl., & 1, 2 & 3 The Old Bridge Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 12 Sept 200557 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla CF31 2QG
Received 15 Apr 202011 Cuckoo Street Pantygog Bridgend CF32 8DR
Received 21 Apr 201117 Bryn Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EY
Received 24 Apr 2012Unit 1 St Theodores Way Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Bridgend CF32 9TZ
Received 5 May 2015New Street Surgery 1-3 New Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BL
Received 21 Mar 2014Tondu House Farm New Road Tondu CF32 9HF
Received 17 Dec 2021Tenby Villa, 18 Coychurch Road, Bridgend, CF31 3AP
Received 16 Jan 2025The Lodge Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 19 Feb 2009Land At Parc Tyn Y Coed Sarn Bridgend
Received 20 Mar 200930 Park Court Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bw
Received 9 Jun 2006Burnside Heol yr Ynys Bridgend CF31 3LH
Received 9 Jun 202185 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Rn
Received 15 Aug 2006Heol-Y-Cyw Pri 200Mts South Of Brynwith Crossing Off B2480, Heol-Y-Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hw
Received 15 Jun 200644 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands CF31 5AA
Received 15 Jun 2020Records 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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