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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9,561 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Llwyn Coch Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BJ
Received 22 Oct 20136 Anglesey Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TL
Received 10 Jul 2009Bethel Baptist Church High Street Laleston CF32 0HP
Received 20 Sept 2015Brewery Field Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4JE
Received 7 Jul 2023Sycamore House Church Street Porthcawl CF36 5PD
Received 19 Aug 202136 Rockfields Porthcawl CF36 3NS
Received 11 Jun 2020Hendre-Post Farm Access off A4061 Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DP
Received 24 Apr 201766 Heol Castell Coety Bridgend Cf31 1Pu
Received 9 May 2006Former Heol y Cyw Primary School High Street Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HY
Received 5 Nov 2020Bayleaves Marlpit Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EJ
Received 17 Jul 20153 Coed Ty Maen Bridgend CF31 4TG
Received 25 Jan 2012Land adjacent to 53 Ffordd Deri Duffryn (Plot 12 Duffryn Oaks Drive) Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 4 Jul 2022Oakbrook Cymdda, Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Sl
Received 4 Nov 2005Former Pencoed RAOB Social Club Heol Y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 21 Feb 2022Unit 3, Wyndham House, Wyndham Street, Bridgend Cf31 1Ed
Received 23 Oct 2003Plot 21 Land Adj. Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend
Received 10 Nov 2003103 Yr Ysfa Maesteg CF34 9BE
Received 28 Jun 2022167 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Pp
Received 17 Sept 2003The Coach House Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6NL
Received 24 May 2010Land At Parc Crescent, adj To Sas International, Waterton Industrial Estate, Bridgend
Received 12 Jun 2007Old Railway Line Rear 63 Mill View Maesteg Bridgend
Received 8 Feb 200842 Maple Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PF
Received 15 Dec 2021Pyle 132Kv Substation Pont George Road Pyle
Received 25 Oct 2011Plot 14 Porth Y Castell Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend CF35 6AS
Received 6 Sept 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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