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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11,687 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
102 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SS
Received 30 Aug 201165 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HY
Received 23 Sept 201378 Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UE
Received 14 Aug 201358 Darren View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9SG
Received 23 Jul 2010Margam Mine Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 13 Jan 2004Land At/Rear 1 Ty Draw Crescent Pyle Bridgend CF33 4AN
Received 23 Dec 2008Land south of All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 20 Dec 20194 Glanant Road Gilfach Goch Bridgend Cf39 8Rl
Received 11 May 200659 Graham Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NP
Received 2 Mar 202210 St Marys View Coychurch CF35 5HL
Received 22 Aug 2019Land At Moor Lane Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 23 Jul 200726/28 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EN
Received 23 Jan 2015Playing Fields At Locks Lane Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 13 Jan 20092 Cedar Gardens Porthcawl Cf36 5Af
Received 13 Aug 2010Blaen-Cwmdu Farm, Cwmdu Road, Garth, Maesteg
Received 22 Jun 20261 Highland Court Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Us
Received 15 Dec 2003Victoria House 13 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HG
Received 4 Mar 200935 Heol Y Bryn Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SY
Received 25 Mar 20154 Clos y Golomen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FQ
Received 11 Apr 201928 Beechwood Grove Pencoed CF35 6SU
Received 7 Jun 2021Grand Pavilion, Esplanade, Porthcawl, CF36 3YW
Received 28 May 20251 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 17 Nov 20175 South View Pontycymer Bridgend Cf32 8Le
Received 6 Feb 2006Fern Lea Heol Las Mawdlam to Heol Drewi Ton Kenfig CF33 4PR
Received 26 Oct 2018Records 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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