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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9,617 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
13 Westward Place Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 12 Jul 201616 Suffolk Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3EA
Received 29 Oct 2025133 Victoria Street Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8NB
Received 18 Nov 2011147 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DD
Received 12 Nov 20218 Ffordd Priordy Sarn CF32 9NB
Received 18 Nov 20169 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1BX
Received 8 Aug 202446 Heol Llan North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dp
Received 31 Dec 200425 Llwydarth Cottages Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HA
Received 9 Nov 20114 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JF
Received 30 Apr 201223 Talbot Terrace Maesteg Cf34 9Ya
Received 5 Sept 200612 Ffordd Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EQ
Received 11 Jan 200814 Cae Glas Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PH
Received 22 Jul 2009Offices adjacent to Methodist Church Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9BT
Received 8 Jan 201842 Orchard Drive Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5Ra
Received 19 Nov 200333 Felindre Avenue Pencoed CF35 5PD
Received 3 Aug 201823 Eleanor Close Pencoed CF35 6RD
Received 6 Mar 2017Heathfields 27 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 20 Aug 20098 Lavender Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ND
Received 17 Sept 2021102 High Street, Ogmore Vale, CF32 7AF
Received 5 Nov 2025Rely On Tyres Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9EY
Received 22 Dec 2017Plot 34, Aneurin Bevan Av., Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Sz
Received 16 Dec 200416 New Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Eh
Received 10 Oct 2003St Cynwyds Churchyard Llangynwyd Village Maesteg
Received 25 Aug 20055 Long Acre Court Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ts
Received 17 Nov 2005Records 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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