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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11,012 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land at Ffordd yr Eglwys North Cornelly CF33 4HW
Received 28 Jan 2021Land Rear 28 Gwaun Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HS
Received 27 Mar 2007Land At Crown Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 2003Mynydd Pen Y Graig North East Evanstown
Received 13 Mar 200739 Graham Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NR
Received 23 Mar 20202 Springfield Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LB
Received 1 Mar 20101 Llwynderw Flats South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DL
Received 19 Dec 2017The Great House High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HP
Received 30 Jan 2012Cash For Your Wheels North Side A48 Laleston Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 14 Jan 2013The Parc Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 12 Jun 202010 Monks Close Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LF
Received 24 May 202222 Teilos Drive Brackla CF31 2QR
Received 20 Jun 2019Perth Celyn Farm Ystrad Waun Pencoed CF35 6PW
Received 17 Jan 2023Land At Rear Of Tyrisha Inn Pen-Y-Cae Bridgend Cf32 9Sn
Received 28 Jul 200421 Long Acre Brackla CF31 2DD
Received 31 Jul 201858 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend Cf31 3Dn
Received 11 Mar 200463 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend Cf31 4Tb
Received 20 Jul 2006Barn 1 City Farm Bettws Bridgend
Received 17 Aug 2010Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 28 Aug 202619 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NE
Received 16 Oct 200937 Heol Y Nant Bridgend CF31 4HT
Received 1 Oct 20099 Juniper Close Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Bx
Received 30 Jul 200725 Parc Bronhaul Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Ep
Received 17 Nov 2006Land At Cynhordy Farm Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 0EA
Received 18 Dec 2014Records 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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