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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
11,640 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4AP
Received 19 Nov 201918 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NF
Received 25 Apr 2008Marlas Farm North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Pe
Received 24 Aug 200427-31 Pant Hirwaun, Heol-Y-Cyw, Bridgend, CF35 6HH
Received 14 Nov 202533 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DG
Received 3 Mar 2017Rockleaze Priory Oak Brackla CF31 2HZ
Received 16 Oct 202082a New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DE
Received 7 Aug 2017Pantycornant Farm, Glynogwr, Bridgend, CF35 6EL
Received 20 May 202633 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl CF36 3SB
Received 30 Aug 2014Angelton Hall Angelton Road Bridgend CF31 4LL
Received 3 Oct 2018Treetops Residential Home Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LY
Received 24 Jul 20195 Linden Way Porthcawl CF36 5AR
Received 27 Feb 20193 Ashleigh Court New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PL
Received 13 Oct 20154 The Spinney Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jd
Received 26 Sept 2003Manor Farm Cottage Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SP
Received 31 Dec 2012The Vineries Land off Hookland Road Porthcawl CF36 5SE
Received 29 Oct 2019The Chalet 1 Picton Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Aj
Received 29 Sept 200690 Heol Las, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4DL
Received 12 Mar 2026Former Countrywide Farmers South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3PT
Received 24 Jul 202023 Preswylfa Court Bridgend Cf31 3Nx
Received 9 Jan 2007Ty Fry Farm Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 22 Dec 201116 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BD
Received 5 Sept 2011Park Street Dental 26 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 24 Jul 201970 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HE
Received 27 Feb 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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