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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9,957 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Osborne Close Lichard Bridgend CF31 1YJ
Received 15 Oct 200713 Blaen Y Fro Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RY
Received 16 Jun 2015Territorial Army Centre Heol West Plas Coity CF31 1PA
Received 15 Jan 201632 Robins Hill Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pj
Received 15 Jun 200524 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 18 Jul 200611 Tyn Y Bettws Close Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Yf
Received 30 Mar 2004106-126, 118 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Dt
Received 7 Sept 2005The Tythegston Barns Lower Farm Tythegston Village Road Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0ND
Received 10 Mar 2017Blue Seas 72 Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NE
Received 6 Jun 201645 Woodland Way Sarn Bridgend CF32 9QA
Received 2 May 20144 Moriah Place Kenfig Hill CF33 6DW
Received 29 Apr 201612 De Clare Close Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Jh
Received 14 Nov 200543 Duffryn Road Maesteg CF34 0SH
Received 1 May 2014Costa Unit 1 Parc Plaza Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 16 Nov 201524A Westend Avenue Bridgend CF36 3NF
Received 14 Jun 20119 Linden Way, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5AR
Received 13 Oct 202586 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 29 Sept 202063 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 3 Mar 202056 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qc
Received 3 Nov 200416 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LR
Received 13 Mar 20233 New Street Aberkenfig CF32 9BL
Received 20 Jul 201622 St Johns Drive Pencoed CF35 5NF
Received 12 Jun 201887 Glynbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 1LW
Received 6 Mar 2020Land West Of Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend
Received 19 Aug 2014Records 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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