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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11,657 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryn Mawr Farm Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9PS
Received 21 Oct 2010Treetops Nursing Home Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LY
Received 8 Jan 201344 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HD
Received 16 Aug 2021Land Adj Holbrook Timber Frame Ltd Area 2 Abergarw Trading Est Brynmenyn CF32 9LW
Received 27 Jul 2009Coed Castell Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 1 Dec 2010Tondu Service Station Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Bt
Received 27 Jul 200746 Maple Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PF
Received 23 Dec 202224 Bridgend Road Maesteg
Received 10 Dec 2003Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 9 Aug 201913 Tymeinwr Avenue Blaengarw CF32 8NE
Received 4 May 2021Land off Cefn Carfan Lane Bryncethin Bridgend CF35 6LF
Received 2 Jul 20188 Priory Avenue Bridgend Cf31 3Lr
Received 4 Oct 200616 Turberville Street Maesteg CF34 0LP
Received 28 Dec 2023Lee & Turner Ltd Waterton Lane Waterton Bridgend CF31 3UZ
Received 21 Mar 2011Land Adj Court Colman Street Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 4 Oct 200425 Bryn Onnen Kenfig Hill CF33 6EA
Received 25 Oct 201318 Bradfield Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Hl
Received 27 Sept 200422 Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LN
Received 22 May 200733 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DW
Received 4 Dec 200954 Albany Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HE
Received 18 Oct 2005Unit 1, Former Esplanade Hotel The Esplanade Porthcawl Cf36 3Yw
Received 19 Sept 200519 Pandy Park Aberkenfig CF32 9RE
Received 2 Jun 2017149 The Rowans / Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qh
Received 7 Sept 20042-10 Elder Street Bridgend
Received 19 Jul 2011Records 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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