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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
11,799 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridgend College - Pencoed Campus Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 2 Jul 202018 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 3 Oct 200819 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 18 Jul 20081 Springfield Close Bridgend CF31 1HR
Received 11 Dec 2008Land Adj. 38 Garn Road Maesteg CF34 9AS
Received 10 May 2016Ty Ysgubor Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9RW
Received 6 Aug 201883 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 4 May 201021 Penyfai Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Aa
Received 3 Jul 200626 Parkfields Penyfai Bridgend
Received 17 May 2005Land Off Betws Road Betws Bridgend
Received 29 Aug 20069 Nantyffynnon Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ht
Received 4 Jun 2004Unit 6 Litchard Industrial Estate Litchard Bridgend CF31 2AL
Received 21 Jul 20143 Ashleigh Court New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PL
Received 16 Mar 20154 Longlands Close Pyle CF33 6LR
Received 21 Jun 20215 Pant Morfa Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EL
Received 14 Oct 2009Land adjacent 43 Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6SF
Received 18 Jun 2018Cae Dre House 38 Park Street Bridgend CF33 6DF
Received 27 Apr 201016 West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sn
Received 20 Jun 2007Lynwood 114 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NY
Received 25 Oct 20233 Llangwm Way Porthcawl CF36 3DE
Received 28 Jun 202136 Mount Earl Bridgend
Received 2 Sept 200318 Coychurch Road Gardens Bridgend CF31 3AS
Received 3 Jul 201316 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands CF31 5DR
Received 23 Nov 2020Siderise Insulation Unit 2 Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0AY
Received 3 Apr 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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