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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11,978 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
40 Heol Ty Gwyn Maesteg Cf34 0Bd
Received 22 Jun 200482A Beach Road, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5NE
Received 22 Sept 202565 Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 12 Jul 2011Land west of Bryn Bragl Brackla CF31 2LP
Received 11 Jul 2019145 Ffordd Y Parc Litchard Hill Bridgend CF31 1RA
Received 10 Sept 2010Trecco Bay Caravan Park Bay View Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NG
Received 24 Nov 20112 Ty Isaf Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AU
Received 28 Aug 2019Co Op Food Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5RA
Received 14 May 201967 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LY
Received 6 Mar 201717 Dale View Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0DE
Received 26 Mar 2012Co Operative 10 Canolfan Brackla CF31 2LL
Received 24 Jul 201788 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DA
Received 30 Mar 2015Former Ogmore Comprehensive School playing fields Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9NA
Received 8 Jun 201820 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DU
Received 16 Nov 202056 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5PR
Received 20 Feb 20178 Mayfield Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NL
Received 27 Jun 2013Land Adj 9 The Willows & 16 Trem Y Mor Brackla Bridgend
Received 18 Dec 200367 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DT
Received 5 Mar 20125 The Dell Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HR
Received 14 Jun 201226 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HS
Received 16 Aug 201322 Penylan Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LL
Received 26 Feb 2018The Long Barn Llys Tynewydd Coity CF35 6BY
Received 23 Jan 2019Plot B2 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BL
Received 18 Mar 2025Maesteg Market Maesteg CF34 9BL
Received 13 Sept 2013Records 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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