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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
9,401 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Whitehall Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend CF31 4LT
Received 15 Jan 2013Hermon Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Sy
Received 13 Aug 20042 Mount Earl Close Bridgend CF31 3HA
Received 15 May 201519 Kittiwake Close Porthcawl CF36 3UU
Received 10 Jun 20208 Pen Yr Heol North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EL
Received 1 Dec 2005Land At Central Park Western Avenue Bridgend Ind Est Bridgend CF31 3TY
Received 11 Sept 200715 Heol Cwrdy Sarn CF32 9NT
Received 28 Jun 201933 Beach Road Pyle CF33 6AR
Received 27 Mar 2015Land At Duffryn Oaks Hendre Rd Pencoed Bridgend
Received 4 Mar 2013Abercerdin Primary School Kenry Street Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RS
Received 30 Oct 201312 Woodland Rise Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NU
Received 28 May 2009Lidl Distribution Centre Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3PH
Received 22 May 2020Former Margam Surface Mine Ffordd y Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 26 May 20175 Clevis Crescent Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NY
Received 21 Apr 201524 Llys Briallen Brackla CF31 2BG
Received 12 Feb 202113 Heol Pentyla Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Nf
Received 12 Jan 200620 Green Meadow Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bj
Received 1 Apr 2004Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd off A4063 Llangynwyd CF34 9RW
Received 3 Apr 2018Red Gables Rogers Lane Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Lb
Received 30 Sept 2005Bryntirion Comprehensive School Merlin Crescent Bridgend CF31 4QR
Received 9 Jun 200918 Summerfield Drive Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PB
Received 25 Aug 202131 Banc Yr Allt Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4RH
Received 12 Feb 20089 Maple Walk Porthcawl CF36 5AY
Received 26 Jul 20165 New Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6EH
Received 23 Aug 2017Records 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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