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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
11,687 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit A Picton Court Retail Park, Waterton, CF31 3XX
Received 13 Nov 20202 Tower Close Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TH
Received 23 Dec 20133 Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bb
Received 20 Apr 200618 Park Street, Bridgend, CF31 4AX
Received 5 Sept 202465 Darren View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SG
Received 21 Feb 2013Plot 10 & 11 Duffryn Oaks Pencoed Bridgend
Received 10 Jun 20047 Parc Tyn-y-waun Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9RG
Received 2 Jul 20247 Laleston Court Laleston CF32 0HG
Received 4 Jul 202224 The Rhiw Shopping Centre Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BL
Received 28 Apr 20215 Willesden Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RE
Received 7 May 2009Maes Yr Haul Primary School Ffordd Tirion Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Eg
Received 20 May 2005Bridgend College Block D Western House Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DF
Received 13 Nov 20071 Greenacres South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Se
Received 6 Mar 2007Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club Kenfig CF33 4PU
Received 19 Dec 2022Baiden Farm Ffordd-Y-Gyfraith Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bs
Received 14 Aug 200320 Lower Adare Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LW
Received 25 Oct 20105 Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JW
Received 1 Nov 20073 Heol Newydd Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AR
Received 9 Jul 2019Land Adj 1 Hanover Court Bridgend CF31 4HX
Received 17 Dec 201023 Bracken Way Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Yq
Received 18 Feb 200560 Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ay
Received 23 May 2006The Coach House Pool Farm Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PT
Received 6 Apr 2009St John The Baptist Church Newton Porthcawl
Received 31 Oct 2003Hendir Uchaf Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed CF35 6NS
Received 25 Mar 2025Records 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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