Understanding planning · 13 min read
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10,983 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Former New Fire Station Pandy Park Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Re
Received 25 Jan 200516 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend
Received 4 Aug 200433 Wernlys Road Penyfai CF31 4NS
Received 10 Jul 201931 Ashbrook Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2At
Received 2 Apr 2004Picton Boats 1 St Theodores Way Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9TZ
Received 13 Oct 201495 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HD
Received 3 Jul 201958 Graham Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NP
Received 7 Mar 2018Rockwool Wern Tarw Road Pencoed CF35 6NY
Received 13 Feb 2023St Clares School Clevis Lane Newton CF36 5AS
Received 25 Oct 2023Plot 06 Site 11C Parkwood Rise Broadlands Bridgend
Received 7 Oct 20037 Sycamore Avenue Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5Al
Received 26 Jun 2006Merfield Close Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Sw
Received 29 Sept 2004Estate yard Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 14 Sept 2022Land Off Herbert Street Brackla Bridgend Bb2 6Ae
Received 19 Apr 20063 Derwen Road Bridgend Cf31 1Lh
Received 21 Sept 200445 Onslow Terrace Tondu CF32 9HW
Received 29 Sept 2016Sinclair Direct Hernston Business Park Bridgend CF31 3NB
Received 1 May 20125 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai CF31 4GB
Received 12 Jun 202361 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SG
Received 29 Apr 20093 Penylan Close Porthcawl CF36 3LF
Received 9 May 201921 Badgers Brook Brackla CF31 2QS
Received 5 Jun 201713 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 21 Dec 201121 Linden Way Porthcawl CF36 5AR
Received 8 Mar 201846 Easterly Close Brackla CF31 2NA
Received 13 Jan 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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