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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12,100 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
'Andorra', Litchard Bungalows Litchard Hill Bridgend Cf31 1Ph
Received 15 Oct 200434 Cilgant Y Lein North Cornelly CF33 4AQ
Received 26 Jun 2023Llangewydd Arms District Centre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 12 Oct 200710 Heol Persondy Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TH
Received 9 Oct 200757 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 30 Nov 200913 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 26 Sept 201991 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3AE
Received 11 Mar 2020Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 4 Jul 201830 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LR
Received 16 Apr 201055 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DH
Received 1 Oct 20091 Railway Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7EA
Received 23 Jul 2008Highfields, Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Hd
Received 29 Jan 200713 Heol Tredwr Waterton Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 20 Aug 200715 Meadow Close Coychurch CF35 5HH
Received 10 Jul 2015Felindre Mill Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 6 Apr 2018128 Glan-y-nant Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DU
Received 7 Oct 2024Sinclair Group George Street Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TS
Received 8 Apr 2021Woodstock Stud Mountain Lane Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Pn
Received 14 Feb 2005111 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DD
Received 19 Jan 20098 Mountain View North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ee
Received 29 Dec 2004Land at Blaengarw Farm Mount Pleasant Blaengarw CF32 8AL
Received 1 Mar 2017Cae Barbara Field Smallholding Lane Coity CF35 6BN
Received 19 Mar 20124 Whitehart Cottages Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9SE
Received 22 Jun 2012Prince Of Wales Public House Ton Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pr
Received 7 Feb 2005Records 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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