Understanding planning · 13 min read
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11,881 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
6 Brynmawr Place Maesteg CF34 9PB
Received 10 Jul 2013Trecco Bay Holiday Park Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NG
Received 18 Jun 20136 Merganser Close Porthcawl CF36 3UE
Received 16 Mar 20203 De Turberville Close Porthcawl Cf36 3Jg
Received 24 Aug 2007Former Carey Baptist Church Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9BN
Received 12 Sept 2016Castle Leisure Club Tremains Road Bridgend Cf31 1Tz
Received 5 May 200416 Pentwyn Road Pencoed CF35 6SB
Received 8 Jun 202144 Bryn Heulog Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HP
Received 12 Sept 2007Motor House Wales Dunraven Estate Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 11 Jun 201023 Davies Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NW
Received 8 Feb 200722 Mill Street Cwmfelin Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HT
Received 10 Apr 200735 Mill View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DD
Received 13 Nov 20127 Deri Avenue Pencoed CF35 6TU
Received 3 Jun 202049 Heol y Fronfraith Fawr Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FR
Received 14 Mar 2018Land Adj To 166/168 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DG
Received 5 Sept 2011Celfyddifan Farm Bettws CF32 8UE
Received 13 Jun 201723 Chapel Street Bridgend Cf31 3Bt
Received 21 Sept 20064-6 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 19 Aug 2015Next to 24 Bryndu Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HB
Received 20 Mar 201722 Teilos Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QR
Received 25 Mar 2008Garreg Farm Garreg Side Blaengarw CF32 8NL
Received 15 Jul 20224 Alexandra Place Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Pn
Received 3 Jul 2007White House Kennels Tyn Y Caeau Lane Porthcawl Cf36 5Su
Received 11 Aug 200419A Hookland Road Porthcawl CF36 5SE
Received 13 Jan 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage