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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
9,685 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Riverside Aberkenfig CF32 9DA
Received 30 Jul 202193 Parc Tyn Y Waun Llangynwyd CF34 9RH
Received 5 Apr 201814 Kittiwake Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UU
Received 1 Sept 202056 Westminster Way Cefn Glas Bridgend CF314QX
Received 10 Jan 200637 Barnardo Street Maesteg CF34 0HT
Received 27 Jan 202010 Meadow Street North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LL
Received 2 Jul 201250 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DL
Received 10 Dec 201214 Acacia Avenue Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Bj
Received 4 Dec 200391 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ns
Received 9 Jul 2004Land At Sunnyside Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 5 Apr 2006Former Nantyffyllon Surgery 77 High Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 9EY
Received 29 Nov 20162 St Johns Drive Pencoed CF35 5NF
Received 25 Mar 2022Sainsburys Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 12 Dec 2022R/O 37 - 45 Fenton Place Porthcawl CF36 3DW
Received 18 Oct 20054 Glynbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 1LN
Received 22 Aug 2022Former Sony Factory Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Yh
Received 22 Mar 20077 Highfields Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pa
Received 15 Dec 20036 The Whimbrels Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TR
Received 21 May 20108 Long Acre North Cornelly CF33 4BE
Received 6 Aug 2020Jennings Buildings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 2 Mar 2016Unit 8 George Thomas Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9SQ
Received 7 Nov 201712 Bridgend Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SW
Received 15 Sept 2016Cosy Corner Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 21 Apr 202340 Maiden Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HR
Received 18 Jun 2009Records 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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