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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11,657 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Priory Avenue Bridgend Cf31 3Lp
Received 4 Jan 20053 Laing Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6NG
Received 27 Feb 201766 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 1 Mar 2021Land rear of 33 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DG
Received 9 Jun 2023Trem Y Mor Betws Road Betws CF32 8UN
Received 23 Nov 2020Land Rear Of Seabank Hotel The Green Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 11 Oct 20076 Oaklands Drive Bridgend Cf31 4Sh
Received 16 Mar 200725 Wigan Terrace Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YE
Received 28 Oct 202134 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DD
Received 30 May 2008Bryngarn Isaf Farm Bryngarn Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ne
Received 29 Sept 2006Aldi Retail Store Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 12 Jul 201023 Litchard Terrace Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PL
Received 29 Jun 200992 Beach Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NE
Received 13 Jun 2024"Trethwil" Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend, Cf32 0Ba
Received 5 Nov 2004Rear Gardens 2 & 4 Rockfields Close Porthcawl CF36 3PD
Received 27 Jun 2019Coychurch Primary School Main Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HN
Received 19 Jul 2010Maesteg Golf Club Mount Pleasant Maesteg CF34 9PR
Received 25 Feb 2014The School House School Terrace North Cornelly CF33 4HU
Received 6 Oct 2016Mole End Bettws Road Brynmenyn CF32 8UR
Received 17 Sept 2026Smallholding East Of Swn Y Mor Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AN
Received 2 Feb 2012The Vicarage Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LS
Received 8 Sept 2010Plot 4 Evans Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ar
Received 12 Sept 20038 Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ae
Received 24 May 2007Rosedale Cottage Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ly
Received 30 Jan 2006Records 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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