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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
11,978 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 8 Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill CF35 6EA
Received 29 Jun 2021The Coach House 2a Oaklands Drive Bridgend CF31 4SH
Received 15 May 201911 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Rd
Received 13 Mar 2007Cwmcedfyw Farm Lletty Brongu Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 0EB
Received 24 Jun 201652 Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 3Bp
Received 16 Dec 20055 Hutchwns Terrace Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TN
Received 21 Sept 20118 Swn Yr Adar Cavendish Parc, Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ge
Received 16 Feb 2004Former Margam Mine Surface Mine Ffordd T Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr CF32 OBS
Received 22 Feb 201635 Heol Onnen North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DT
Received 9 Oct 200725 Ger Y Llyn Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5ND
Received 16 Oct 201223 Gelli Wen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AL
Received 9 Nov 2010Blue Seas 72 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 28 Aug 2008Berry Cottage Cwm Beri Coity Cf35 6Bt
Received 11 Sept 200661 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LN
Received 6 Aug 2013Land Adj 13 Careg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BS
Received 22 Apr 200843 Station Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Al
Received 27 Aug 2004Land east of Heol-Y-Parc North Cornelly
Received 19 Feb 20257 Crown Row Garth Maesteg CF34 0LG
Received 22 Oct 202081 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JG
Received 25 Jun 200910 Llwyn Gwern Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ul
Received 10 Oct 2003Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BX
Received 22 Jun 20173 The Precinct Porthcawl CF36 3RF
Received 31 Oct 2016Bayview, Heol Canola, Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Ts
Received 9 Sept 2005138 Heol Ty Gwyn Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AT
Received 1 Nov 2007Records 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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