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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
9,617 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kiosk 3 The Esplanade Porthcawl
Received 13 Nov 2018The Barn Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6PT
Received 20 Sept 201630 Cae Llwydcoed, Broadlands, Bridgend, CF31 5ES
Received 10 Jun 2026One Stop Stores Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HY
Received 27 Mar 2014Land At Mynydd Caerau Maesteg Bridgend
Received 9 Nov 200685 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ba
Received 15 Aug 200755 Parc Tynywaun Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Rg
Received 13 Sept 2005Castell House Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Sd
Received 17 Feb 2005Longlands Quarry Corntown Road Bridgend Cf35 5Ba
Received 8 Apr 2005Y Lletty Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 20 Sept 2017Rock Fawr House Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Ha
Received 5 Apr 200668 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl CF36 3SB
Received 20 Feb 2019First floor flat and rear garden 12 Suffolk Place Porthcawl CF36 3EA
Received 12 Jul 2017Pontycymmer Locomotive Works Old Station Yard Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8AZ
Received 5 Mar 2010Land Rear Of 94 Beach Road Within Trecco Bay Holiday Park Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NG
Received 10 May 2013St. Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 12 Jul 2012Asda Stores Off Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AU
Received 16 Mar 201618 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PT
Received 19 Aug 201313 Litchard Cross Bridgend Cf31 1Nz
Received 27 Jan 2006Ebenezers Carpets Chapel Building Bridgend Rd Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Bg
Received 17 Oct 200529 Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8PW
Received 11 May 2021Bryn Heulog James Road Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8BP
Received 16 Mar 200913 Pen Llwyn Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Az
Received 13 Aug 200328 Beechwood Grove, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6SU
Received 20 Mar 2026Records 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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