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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
11,657 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
2 Bryn Gorsedd Litchard CF31 1PT
Received 11 Oct 2018Lorelei Hotel 36-38 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3YU
Received 12 Aug 2024Building Plot R/O 22 Dan Y Coed Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6ES
Received 3 Mar 201026 Pant Glas Pencoed CF35 6YL
Received 9 May 2023Penyfai CIW Primary School Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LX
Received 27 Feb 202015 Rhiw Cae Mawr Brackla CF31 2JB
Received 3 Feb 2022Ffordd Y Gyfraith Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 14 Sept 202018 Carlton Place Porthcawl CF36 3ET
Received 22 Apr 2015Litchard Infant School, Garfield Avenue, Litchard, CF31 1QB
Received 4 Jan 20058 Maes Yr Eithin, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BJ
Received 24 Apr 2026Land North of Meadow Cottage 5 Smallholdings Coity CF35 6BW
Received 10 Nov 2017Land opposite 28 Quarella Road Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JN
Received 23 Apr 2026Plot A5-1 Housing Site Blandy Terrace Nant-Y-Moel Bridgend Cf32 7Nr
Received 30 Mar 2007Stormy Down Anaerobic Digestion Facility Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 11 Dec 2017The White House, Briary Way, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2PT
Received 31 Mar 2025Former Brynmenyn Primary School site Bryn Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LA
Received 28 Apr 2023Workshop Dunraven Business Park Coychurch Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ap
Received 5 Dec 2006'Llwyn-On' 90 Main Rd, Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Es
Received 27 Sept 2004The Holdings Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 6 Mar 2015Land at Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BE
Received 15 Apr 201511 Park Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DF
Received 9 Mar 20075 Hubert Drive Litchard CF31 1PW
Received 24 Oct 2019Abergarw Service Station New Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Ly
Received 8 Jan 200414 Meadow Close Coychurch CF35 5HH
Received 30 Apr 2024Records 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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