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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9,449 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Rock Cottages Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NE
Received 25 Oct 201016 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Na
Received 26 Apr 2005Dragon International Studios New Road Llanharan CF35 5NQ
Received 17 Jun 202416 Taliesin Close Pencoed CF35 6JR
Received 24 Sept 2018Kenfig Nature Reserve Kenfig CF33 4PT
Received 6 Dec 2022Chapel Barns Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LR
Received 1 May 2020119 Highfields Brackla CF31 2PD
Received 16 Sept 2022Plot 2, Maes Y Deri Close Pencoed
Received 16 Feb 200515 Blaen Y Ddol Bridgend Cf31 5Ad
Received 17 Aug 20046 Alison Court, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5SA
Received 6 Mar 2026Plots 4 & 5 Off Sunnyside Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 2003Land North Of Cefn Parc Stud Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BP
Received 10 May 2011Land South The White Wheat Zig Zag Lane Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EH
Received 26 May 2011Mast On Land At Ty Meinwr Farm Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NF
Received 21 Mar 2014Nature Centre Fountain Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 0EH
Received 29 Aug 201338 Deri Avenue Pencoed CF35 6TT
Received 22 Feb 201692 Llangewydd Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4JX
Received 31 May 201184 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3LE
Received 2 Sept 2014Lloyds Pharmacy Riversdale House 10 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NL
Received 5 Apr 2017Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen Heol Y Ysgol Bridgend CF32 9EL
Received 8 Apr 20132 Priory Gardens Bridgend Cf31 3Lb
Received 13 Sept 2006Y Lletty Heol Yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 9 Dec 201326 Ysbryd Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 5 Nov 2015Ty Isaf Farm Bryn Terrace Lletty Brongu To Glannant Row Shwt Bridgend CF32 8UD
Received 3 Aug 2021Records 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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