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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
9,957 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Ty Bryn Terrace Pencoed Bridgend
Received 10 Jan 2008Waun Davey House Croft Kennels Heol Llan Coity CF35 6BU
Received 26 Jun 2006Bridgend Crematorium Simonston Road Coychurch CF35 6AB
Received 13 Nov 201339 Highbury Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RD
Received 30 Sept 2008104 Westward Place Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Xb
Received 10 Mar 200428 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LF
Received 20 Dec 20139 Pen y Fro Pencoed CF35 6JG
Received 12 Feb 2020Yr Hen Ficerdy Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SB
Received 6 Jan 20095 Lon Y Coed Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4UA
Received 7 Oct 2014Bowls Pavilion Site Off Waun Fach Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 15 Feb 201025 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4AP
Received 22 May 201667 St John Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ba
Received 11 May 2007Ballas Farm Heol Y Sheet Stormy Down Pyle Bridgend CF33 4RY
Received 4 Feb 201028 Philadelphia Road Porthcawl CF36 3DP
Received 6 Jan 2015Gilfach Uchaf Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SD
Received 5 Sept 2013Preswylfa A4064 Pandy Bungalows To Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 17 Dec 202030 Moorlands Road Bridgend CF31 3DR
Received 20 Jul 20213 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LG
Received 6 May 2015Unit B The Old Granary Business Units Pyle Road Nottage CF36 3TF
Received 17 Sept 202011A Greenfield Street Maesteg Cf34 0Np
Received 29 Jul 200513 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ay
Received 4 May 2004Plot 94 Cilgant Y Lein Woodland Gardens Pyle CF33 4ED
Received 16 Sept 2014138 Mill View Estate, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0DD
Received 19 Jun 2026Land adjacent to Pleasant View Fairfield Avenue Maesteg CF34 9LP
Received 14 Dec 2021Records 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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