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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
9,508 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
6 Wyndham Street Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RT
Received 20 May 2015Field at Moel Gilau North west of Bettws Bridgend CF34 0EB
Received 22 Mar 202236 Pwllcarn Terrace Blaengarw CF32 8AS
Received 1 Aug 2023Land East Of Sarn Bridgend
Received 27 Oct 2010Bryn Celyn Care Home Maesteg Park Maesteg CF34 9LS
Received 13 Jun 2011Ground floor Glenaub House Old School Road Porthcawl CF36 3AW
Received 15 May 202023 Queens Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HP
Received 23 Jun 200924 Orchard Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ra
Received 18 Sept 2006Coed Y Mwstwr Golf Club Bryn Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AF
Received 20 May 2008The Market Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BY
Received 3 Jan 201235 Maes Y Wern Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TE
Received 5 Feb 2008The Co-Operative Food 270 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BA
Received 10 Dec 201518 The Dell, Laleston, Bridgend, CF32 0HR
Received 10 Nov 2025Sarn Park Motorway Service Area Sarn CF32 9RW
Received 9 Feb 20164 Chapel Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NN
Received 30 Dec 2019Red Dragon Pub Litchard Hill Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QJ
Received 1 Nov 2021Newton Down Windfarm Stormy Lane Porthcawl
Received 16 Jun 2020Oak Tree Barn Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6PU
Received 30 Aug 201750 Victoria Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YW
Received 25 Feb 2010The Vetz Snooker Club Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DE
Received 10 Jun 201618 Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4PR
Received 22 Jul 2022Yr Hen Feudy Ochr Draw New Inn Road Ewenny Bridgend CF35 5AA
Received 29 Jan 2013Trewsfield Industrial Estate Tondu Road Bridgend
Received 7 Oct 20081 The Long House Blandy Road Broadlands CF32 0NS
Received 18 Sept 2024Records 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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