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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
9,449 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Margam Surface Mine Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 1 Sept 2017Ward Jones (Bridgend) Ltd Horsefair Road Waterton Ind Estate CF31 3YN
Received 3 May 2016Llangeinor House Bettws Road Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 17 Aug 2012Plots 31 & 32 Locks Common Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Hu
Received 2 Nov 2006Trees at Lon Heulog Brynmenyn CF32 9HB
Received 31 May 201972 Glenwood Close Coychurch CF35 5EU
Received 2 Mar 2018The Old Police Station, John Street, Porthcawl, CF36 3DT
Received 13 Nov 201416 Woodlands Rise Bridgend CF31 4SW
Received 12 Nov 201425 Hillside Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4BG
Received 22 May 200912 Alexandra Road Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8HB
Received 6 May 2009The Chapel Of Rest Llwyfanen Heol Las Maudlam Bridgend Cf33 4Ph
Received 4 Jul 2006Plot 4, Duffryn Oaks, Pencoed, Bridgend
Received 23 Feb 200532 Ffordd Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Eq
Received 4 Nov 2004Upper Tremains Farmhouse Brackla CF31 2AR
Received 19 Aug 2010100 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DS
Received 13 Jul 2007Former Ogmore Comprehensive School playing fields Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9NA
Received 16 Apr 20182 Curlew Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Qa
Received 22 Nov 200618 West Park Drive Porthcawl CF36 3RG
Received 21 Aug 201916 Long Meadow / Dol Hir North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4PX
Received 19 Jan 2011Land Adjacent To 38 Minffrwd Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SD
Received 22 Apr 2010Gable Cottage Rogers Lane Llangewydd Bridgend CF32 0EU
Received 30 Mar 2009Land off Bangor Terrace / Coegnant Road Maesteg CF34 0HU
Received 6 Nov 2017Llety Tirion Garth Mountain Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DQ
Received 7 Jan 20104 Larch Close The Burrows Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AQ
Received 1 Feb 2011Records 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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