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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
12,100 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Rhodfa'r Coed Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Ge
Received 26 Jan 2004Plot 1 Land South Of 26 Glyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7As
Received 19 Oct 20064 Pandy Bungalows Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Rb
Received 20 Jun 2007155 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 3 Aug 201528 Cae Talcen Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rp
Received 28 Jun 2005Recreation ground rear of Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SU
Received 20 Feb 2023Plot 10 Penllwyngwent Ind. Estate Ogmore Vale CF32 7AX
Received 27 May 2015St Clare's Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 23 Dec 202040 John Street Pricetown Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Su
Received 15 Jun 200674 West Park Drive Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RL
Received 27 Nov 2015Fairways Hotel 7 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ls
Received 5 Nov 2003Land At North Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 26 Feb 2004Pencoed Square Toilets Coychurch Road Pencoed
Received 4 Apr 2006Land Rear Of Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 27 Oct 2015Site of Cafe Locks Common Road Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3HU
Received 14 Jun 2017Upper Ogmore Wind Farm Between Blaengwynfi, Nantymoel & Blaengarw in Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot CF32 8AH
Received 11 Sept 202617 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jf
Received 20 Jan 2005Land Off Waunscil Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 1TG
Received 9 Apr 200828 Gelli Goch (formerley Plot 35) Coity CF35 6AW
Received 15 Jul 20215 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LL
Received 1 Sept 201021 Sycamore Close Litchard CF31 1QS
Received 3 Dec 2018Cross Cottage 34 Mill St. Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Ht
Received 3 Aug 2004Caeau Cerrig Farm Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hw
Received 8 Apr 2004West Farm Building Heol Y Capel Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3St
Received 5 Jun 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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