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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
9,891 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Apr 200478 Picton Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HH
Received 26 Aug 2011Unit 6B Ewenny Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3EX
Received 4 Aug 202610 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 27 Jul 202123 Suffolk Place Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ds
Received 9 Aug 200430 Ffordd y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EQ
Received 3 Jul 20181 Healthy Close (Clos Iechyd) Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4BF
Received 21 Oct 200930 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NG
Received 12 Jun 202024 Acacia Avenue Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Bj
Received 20 Jan 200545 Easterly Close Brackla CF31 2NA
Received 2 Aug 20182 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 31 Aug 201222 Waterton Close Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 26 Feb 2013Old Lyric Cinema Pandy Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PP
Received 26 Sept 200746A Garn Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AT
Received 15 Jan 201677 Bishopswood Brackla CF31 2LY
Received 9 Dec 2019Cae Court 12A Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Nl
Received 20 Sept 200410 The Rhiw Centre Bridgend CF31 3BL
Received 12 Oct 20101 Locks Court Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3JJ
Received 14 Feb 2011Next to play area (entrance to woodland) Heol Neuadd Domos Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9GA
Received 16 Dec 202242 Coronation Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PS
Received 1 Apr 20112 Ffynnon Groyw Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Ar
Received 14 Feb 200619 Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NY
Received 16 May 2022Unit 13 Broadlands Retail Centre Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Ej
Received 28 Feb 2005Part of Cwrt y Mwnws Farm Land off Cwmdu Road Mynydd Bach CF34 0DW
Received 15 Nov 2022Records 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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