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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9,508 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 at Brynteg Upper School Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3ER
Received 26 Jun 20191 Pen Yr Ysgol Maesteg CF34 9NS
Received 31 May 2024Home Select Carpets 66/68 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AP
Received 23 Oct 201217 Ysbryd y Coed Penyfai CF31 4GF
Received 8 Feb 20221 Sibrwd Y Dail Cavendish Park Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gb
Received 11 Apr 200731 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DB
Received 29 Jun 2009Land at Brocastle off A48 Brocastle CF35 5AU
Received 26 Oct 2016Garage sites at Glanffornwg, Wildmill
Received 29 Jul 201619 Anglia Close Litchard CF31 1QX
Received 2 Feb 2017St Clares School Clevis Lane Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NR
Received 11 Nov 200917 Northways Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LB
Received 11 Oct 200762 Fairfield Road Bridgend Cf31 3Du
Received 27 Sept 2005Trecco Bay Holiday Park Trecco Bay Porthcawl Cf36 5Ng
Received 27 Dec 20069 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PW
Received 15 Oct 20101 Cae Pentice Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BX
Received 13 Jan 201524 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BW
Received 1 Dec 202018 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AN
Received 23 Feb 201725-26 Nantymoel Row Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rw
Received 1 Sept 2006Ogmore Vale RFC playing pitch (Ogmore Park) Bridge Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AL
Received 10 Oct 2022Land rear of 36 Coychurch Road, Bridgend, CF31 3AP
Received 13 Jan 20255 Heol Cerdin Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Gg
Received 23 Jan 200444 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 7 Jul 201613 & 14 Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 31 Jan 20182 Llys Coed Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DS
Received 3 Jan 2013Records 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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