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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
9,742 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Laurels Main Road Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Es
Received 12 Feb 200410 Limetree Way Porthcawl Cf36 5Ar
Received 10 Aug 200533 The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YR
Received 3 Jul 200964 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 10 Feb 20104 George Street Maesteg CF34 0UU
Received 2 Feb 202132 Lletai Avenue Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pw
Received 2 Mar 2006Rear of 18 Llys Briallen and 19 Llys Briallen, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2BG
Received 2 Oct 2006Greenacres 111 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LH
Received 22 May 2023Land Adj 26 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 21 Apr 200630 Garfield Avenue Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qa
Received 20 Feb 2006Lane Way At Rear Of Wesley St/Lloyd St Caerau Maesteg
Received 30 Jul 201025 Gwelfor Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BL
Received 13 Apr 2017Brynhyfryd Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 23 Feb 20113 Cae Gwyllt Broadlands CF31 5FF
Received 7 Sept 202110 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Gb
Received 10 Feb 2006Harman Becker Bennett Street Bridgend Ind Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sh
Received 6 Jul 20053 Glannant Road Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RL
Received 30 Mar 201617 Wimborne Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SG
Received 2 Dec 2009Gadlys Farm Glynogwr Blackmill CF35 6EL
Received 5 Jul 201866 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 4 Dec 2019Land South Of Llys Tynewydd Coity Bridgend CF35 6BY
Received 27 Oct 2008Plot 1 Tynypwnt Uchaf Farm Maesteg
Received 12 Mar 200818 Heol Shon Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BG
Received 10 May 20211 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9DA
Received 7 Oct 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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