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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
11,881 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Ogmore Comp. School Playing Fields Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9NA
Received 3 Feb 2015Garland Bungalow The Derwen Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Rd
Received 15 Aug 200317 St Illtyds Road Bridgend CF31 4LB
Received 6 May 20097 Y Wern Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Rr
Received 18 May 20051 Coed y Cadno Penyfai CF31 4GA
Received 11 Aug 201752 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LN
Received 2 Jul 2021Tremains Court Tremains Road Bridgend Cf31 1Tz
Received 4 Aug 200541 Penllwyn Broadlands Bridgend
Received 2 Nov 200433 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Da
Received 4 Jul 20071 The Crescent Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PU
Received 26 Apr 2016McDonalds Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 14 Sept 201630 Duffryn Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Sh
Received 22 Mar 2006Llwyn Celyn Pant y Pwllau Coity CF35 6BP
Received 29 Nov 20168 Caeau Duon Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SW
Received 13 Dec 201011 Mayfield Avenue Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LH
Received 13 Feb 20122 Birch Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AN
Received 29 Mar 2010Redundant Barn At Llwydarth Farm Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HB
Received 19 Jun 2009Barclays Bank 90 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 13 Feb 2012Maes Y Deri Minffrwd Road Rhiwceiliog Bridgend CF35 6NS
Received 24 Apr 2018Land north of Heol Stradling (commercial centre) Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6AN
Received 14 Dec 202250 Pwllygath Street, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6ET
Received 3 Jul 20252 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 8 Aug 201217 Cadogan Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7TB
Received 26 May 2006The Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 22 Jun 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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