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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
9,831 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Plumley Close North Cornelly CF33 4LP
Received 19 Aug 2010Tudor Estate Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SN
Received 16 Jan 2012Unit 33b Aneurin Bevan Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9SZ
Received 2 Sept 202217 Talbot Terrace Maesteg Cf34 9Ya
Received 23 Sept 200533 Bryn Henfaes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EW
Received 27 Jan 2020Cae Glas Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 16 May 201864 Longacres Brackla CF31 2DD
Received 10 May 20185 Cefn Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JE
Received 20 Jun 201175 Hunters Ridge Brackla CF31 2LJ
Received 20 Nov 2013White Gates Tyn Y Caeau Lane Coychurch CF35 6AD
Received 9 Sept 202129 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Sn
Received 1 Aug 20061 & 1a Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DN
Received 15 Jun 2018Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 14 Aug 2026107 Bethania Street Maesteg
Received 14 Apr 200435-37 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DD
Received 26 Aug 2009Land rear of 23 & 24 Bryn Glas Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0AA
Received 12 Jun 201464 Heol Onnen North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ds
Received 4 Mar 2005Land At Cae Mawr Ind Estate Treorchy Cf42 6Ej
Received 5 May 2009Tynton Farmhouse Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NY
Received 18 Mar 2013Ty Cwm Ogwr Respitre Centre Blackmill Road Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7Hy
Received 23 Jul 2007Tynycaeau Farm Tynycaeau Lane Porthcawl Cf36 5Sy
Received 26 Sept 200528 Sturmi Way, Village Farm Ind. Est., Pyle, Bridgend Cf33 6Nu
Received 15 Mar 2005Land Adj To Mount Pleasant Farm Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ha
Received 8 Mar 2004Newton Down Industrial Estate Tythegston Court Tythegston CF32 0NE
Received 3 Nov 2017Records 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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