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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11,657 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Teal Close Porthcawl CF36 3RE
Received 17 Mar 202318 Suffolk Place Porthcawl CF36 3EA
Received 3 Mar 2021Toad Hall, 2 South Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Dh
Received 15 Jun 2004Land at Nantyffyllon RFC Blosse Street Maesteg CF34 0BU
Received 25 Oct 2022Land at Waun Wen Llangeinor CF32 8PH
Received 1 Feb 202131 Coronation Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9TA
Received 17 Nov 2008Gelli'r Onn Farm Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8HR
Received 5 Jul 2011Barn 4 Manor Farm Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 1 Sept 2017Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AZ
Received 26 Jun 2009Plots 24 & 25 Clos Henblas Broadlands Bridgend
Received 10 Jun 200863 Highfields Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PB
Received 16 Jul 201353 Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Yn
Received 22 Dec 200622 South View, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6DG
Received 2 Jun 2026Garages adjacent to 31 Tairfelin Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1SH
Received 5 Dec 20259 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DU
Received 13 May 201616 Sker Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RA
Received 15 Feb 2010CCYD, Heol Yr Ysgol, Tondu, CF32 9EG
Received 3 Jul 2015Land rear of 65-66 Ael Y Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 29 Mar 201914 Gwaun Coed Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Hs
Received 5 Apr 200410 Willow Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AB
Received 23 Jun 2010Collwyn Woods (north of Marlas Road / Brynteg Avenue / Ton Glas) Pyle CF33 6BG
Received 13 Apr 2023Laleston Car Sales Ltd, Laleston Service Station, Laleston, Bridgend, CF32 0LY
Received 18 Jul 20252b Waun Bant Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6DE
Received 21 Jul 20164 Wyndham House Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ed
Received 16 Oct 2003Records 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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