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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11,012 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot Off Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 9 May 2005Land Next To 13 Heol Tre Dwr Waterton Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 29 Jan 20103 Hawthorn Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pg
Received 6 Jan 200430 Heol y Goedwig Porthcawl CF36 5DU
Received 11 Apr 2018Pencoed Police Station 44 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pe
Received 9 Feb 200523 Onslow Terrace Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HW
Received 6 Aug 20124 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BE
Received 7 Jun 2007St Teilos Church Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 20 Nov 2024Tonbach Farmhouse Orchard Close Minnfrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6RJ
Received 24 Jul 20156 Rhyd y Nant Pencoed CF35 6JD
Received 16 Nov 202027 Union Street Maesteg CF34 0BG
Received 14 Jun 2023Pin-It Pastry Ltd Abergarw Industrial Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9LW
Received 15 Dec 201627 Marlpit Lane Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Jp
Received 14 Jun 20041 Johns Street Nantymoel
Received 3 Nov 2006Ewenny Quarry Ewenny Vale Of Glamorgan
Received 3 Nov 20037 Hubert Drive Litchard CF31 1PW
Received 8 Sept 2015Land Rear Of Glyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AS
Received 10 Jun 20135 Garth Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EU
Received 29 May 2013Recreation ground Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5PB
Received 8 Apr 201916 Austin Avenue Laleston CF32 0LG
Received 2 Nov 2020Land Off Meadow Rise / Badgers Brook Brackla Bridgend
Received 14 Jul 20144 Garn Road Maesteg Cf34 9As
Received 8 Nov 2004Garage site rear of 8 Heol Cynwyd Maesteg CF34 9TB
Received 13 Aug 2019Pontycymmer Fire Station Victoria Street Pontycymmer CF32 8NW
Received 23 Feb 2022Records 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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