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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
11,012 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj Broughshire Ltd Litchard Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AL
Received 11 Aug 200837 Poplar Crescent Porthcawl CF36 5LF
Received 24 Jan 2019Land at Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 10 Nov 2021The Cwtch 5 Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5RL
Received 11 May 201822 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dd
Received 7 Jan 2005Land east of Cwm Felin & south of Graig Terrace/Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill CF35 6EJ
Received 8 Apr 202639 Brynteg Avenue Pyle CF33 6BD
Received 17 Feb 201569 West Park Drive Porthcawl CF36 3RL
Received 26 Jun 201750 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ey
Received 2 Feb 2005Sainsburys Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 25 Nov 20227 St Illtyds Road Cefn Glas CF31 4LB
Received 28 Mar 201830 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 24 Feb 202553 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf31 4Sn
Received 6 Jan 2005Land Adj 16A Danycoed Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6ES
Received 2 Feb 20158 Aneurin Bevan Way Garth Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SX
Received 10 Sept 2007Coytrahen Playing Fields R/O Box Terr. Coytrahen Bridgend
Received 17 Oct 200811 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HN
Received 8 May 2017Ogmore Park Sports Pavilion Water Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7An
Received 22 Aug 200664 Heol Castell Coety Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pu
Received 20 Dec 2005Cynffig Comprehensive School East Avenue Kenfig Hill CF33 6NP
Received 9 Jan 202476 West End Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NG
Received 10 May 2017Land Fronting Bridgend Road Tyn Y Waun Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg
Received 7 Apr 2004Newcastle House West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 23 Jul 2013Traditional Bakers 11 Canolfan The Triangle Brackla CF31 2LL
Received 1 Jun 2016Records 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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