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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
9,561 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Sker Cottages Waun Y Mer Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pu
Received 19 Feb 20047 Bryntirion Hill Bryntirion CF31 4BY
Received 26 May 20211 Clos Glyndwr, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6AX
Received 3 Sept 202541 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qf
Received 10 Feb 200620 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg Park Maesteg Bridgend
Received 27 Feb 2004Land West Of Heol Tredwr Waterton Bridgend
Received 21 Apr 2008Tondu Primary School Meadow Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BE
Received 20 Dec 2013234 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Ba
Received 9 Mar 200640 The Green Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AX
Received 21 Sept 2010Gills Of Maesteg Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EY
Received 15 Jul 2009Griffin Park Bowls Pavilion Griffin Park off Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 11 Jan 202470 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 5 Jul 20182 Green Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hf
Received 1 Mar 200619A Hermon Road, Caerau, Maesteg, CF34 0ST
Received 7 Oct 2026Spar Store 44-48 Llangewydd Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4JR
Received 16 Oct 200724 Hollyhock Drive Brackla CF31 2NS
Received 29 Sept 20153 Westbourne Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Eh
Received 5 Sept 2005Unit 4 Maesteg Business Centre Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 13 Apr 201668 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9PX
Received 2 Sept 202155 Priory Oak Brackla CF31 2HZ
Received 13 Sept 202215 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Se
Received 11 Jan 2005Pen y Bryn Flats Bryntirion CF31 4DW
Received 15 Jul 2016Oakwood Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DW
Received 9 Aug 2013Cwmfelin Primary School Maesteg Road Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9LD
Received 20 Aug 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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