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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
10,023 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 5 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7DW
Received 30 Nov 20155 Island Farm Close Bridgend CF31 3LY
Received 5 May 2015102 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NB
Received 23 Jul 201521 Garth Avenue Maesteg CF34 0UJ
Received 26 Jan 2022Former Tennis Courts, Hope Ave., Aberkenfig, Bridgend Cf32 9Pr
Received 7 Jun 200575 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Rr
Received 5 Jan 2006Unit 5 Gentle Way Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 21 Dec 2012Bryntirion Park Penybont FC Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4RH
Received 10 Sept 20255 Penylan Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QW
Received 27 Apr 2015118 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HA
Received 30 Jan 2020Land North of Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 20 Dec 20231B Llwyn Gwern Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ul
Received 31 Jul 200633 Nicholls Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LH
Received 19 Mar 200855 Hazeldene Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JP
Received 30 Apr 201216 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 5 Dec 2010Redhill Farm off A48 Laleston
Received 9 Nov 2018Spring House Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Nn
Received 26 May 2006Brocastle Estate Bridgend
Received 13 Jul 2005Eyre Court House Newton Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 9 Feb 2009Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 12 Sept 2025120 Highfields Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pd
Received 26 Jun 2006Starlux Building, Bridgend Road, Aberkenfig, Bridgend, CF32 9BG
Received 19 Feb 20261 Commercial Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bl
Received 15 Jul 2003106 Parc Tyn Y Waun Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9RH
Received 12 Apr 2010Records 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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