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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9,685 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18, 20 & 20a Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 9 Jan 2018Adjoining 9 Monks Close Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LF
Received 28 Feb 201220 West Drive Porthcawl Cf36 3Ls
Received 3 Jun 2004Next to Windrush Heol Las Mawdlam To Heol Drewi Ton Kenfig CF33 4PT
Received 27 Jul 2016Land Rear 41 Pwll Y Waun Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HH
Received 2 Feb 200923 Lougher Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3BJ
Received 21 Oct 2008Ynysawdre Comp. Senior & Middle School Heol-Yr-Ysgol Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EL
Received 19 Nov 201027 Two Stones Crescent Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DZ
Received 5 Aug 20082 Ger Y Coed Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2La
Received 3 Jun 2004Land Off Tyla Lane Methyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LT
Received 29 Apr 2013Overhead Line Btwn Llangewydd & Nottage Bridgend
Received 29 Mar 201215 Abbey Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HF
Received 31 Oct 2016Pen y Banc Bridgend CF31 1TP
Received 14 Mar 2023St Johns School (Site Of Existing Infants Block) Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SJ
Received 13 Nov 2008Land south of Bryn Siriol Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 25 Nov 201911 Greenways Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Er
Received 7 Nov 2005Parc Tir Larll Opp. 1 Heol Neuadd Domos Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9GA
Received 18 Nov 201383 Springfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1HP
Received 7 Dec 2020Llangynwyd Playing Fields and Pavilion Maesteg Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SN
Received 27 Oct 202211 Pentrebeili Terrace Lewistown Bridgend Cf32 7Lp
Received 4 Sept 200314 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PT
Received 30 Aug 202251 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend Cf31 4By
Received 27 Apr 2004Motorist Centre (Kwik Fit) Picton Court Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 11 Feb 200823 Glannant Road Evanstown Gilfach Goch Porth Cf39 8Rl
Received 13 Oct 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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