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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
10,983 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Chelsea Avenue Cefn Glas CF31 4QU
Received 21 Dec 20175 Evans Terrace Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Rh
Received 29 Nov 200511 Maes Yr Haf North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Er
Received 27 Feb 20068 Y Groes Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UN
Received 12 Dec 2008Grand Pavilion, Esplanade, Porthcawl, CF36 3YW
Received 28 May 2025St Marys & St Patricks School Monica Street Maesteg CF34 9AY
Received 25 Sept 2013Land N.W. Of 5 The Smallholdings Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bw
Received 5 Dec 2006Former Carmel Church Temple Street Maesteg Cf34 9Yy
Received 9 Jul 200418 Duke Street Garth Maesteg CF34 0LR
Received 15 Mar 201616 Westward Place Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 12 Jan 201813 Llys Y Wennol Coity CF35 6FD
Received 26 Oct 2015Great House Hotel High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HP
Received 16 Feb 20102a Ewenny Road (rear of 2 Ewenny Road) Bridgend CF31 3HL
Received 29 Nov 20243 Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BB
Received 5 Sept 20195 Dolwen, Penprysg, Pencoed, Bridgend Cf35 6Rs
Received 23 May 20058 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nx
Received 6 Oct 2003The Grange Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Ph
Received 12 Oct 20051 Simpson Way Pyle Bridgend CF33 6HU
Received 8 Nov 2013Tower Cottage Victoria Terrace Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Pg
Received 4 Oct 20057 & 5 Grove Road Bridgend
Received 11 Nov 2005Trees between the vicarage and church hall Nolton Church Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NL
Received 10 Jul 2019Gilead Congregational Chapel Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend CF35 6AU
Received 26 Jun 201216 Cae Perllan Brackla CF31 2HL
Received 11 May 201533 Danybryn Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RF
Received 10 Jan 2008Records 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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