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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10,023 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Suffolk Place Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ds
Received 19 Jul 200489 Cwrt Coed Parc, Maesteg, CF34 9DQ
Received 29 Jul 202614B Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PR
Received 14 May 201232 Pen Llwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AZ
Received 9 Apr 20263 Hazel Mead Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Aq
Received 4 Dec 2003Land at Dainton Business Park Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 14 Nov 2025Rear Garden Of Crossing Cottage Lamb Row South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Rh
Received 14 May 200711 Summerfield Drive Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Pb
Received 18 Jul 200723A Fron Heulog Bridgend CF31 4RP
Received 9 Jul 2009Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Felindre Meadows
Received 10 Aug 201042 Kingfisher Road North Cornelly CF33 4NZ
Received 7 Feb 20143 Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BB
Received 10 Jul 2020171 Caerau Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0PD
Received 9 Jun 2008Land opposite 4 Tai Thorn Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BD
Received 17 Apr 202014 Ffridd Las Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Af
Received 29 Jun 200413 Walters Road Bridgend Cf31 4He
Received 27 Jan 20055 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 19 Apr 2017Trees on western boundary of 4 Raphael Avenue Brackla CF31 2AU
Received 10 Aug 2021Entrance to Dainton Business Park Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1NW
Received 27 Sept 202232 Pant Glas Pencoed CF35 6YL
Received 16 Jul 20122A Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 29 May 202431 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 25 Feb 201122 Haywain Court Bridgend CF31 2ED
Received 3 Apr 20193 Cae Ysgubor Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Hp
Received 16 Mar 2004Records 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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