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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
12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Quarella Road Bus Stop Opposite No's 42 & 44 Quarella Rd Bridgend Cf31 1Jn
Received 8 Jun 200770 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 16 Jul 20204 Lower Adare Street Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 20 Mar 2008Mayfield Bungalow, Evans Street, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend Cf33 6Ee
Received 9 Jun 200523 Llys Eglwys Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DT
Received 3 Jun 2019Land at Bridgend Police Station & former Cheapside multi storey car park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 12 Nov 202519 Heol y Goedwig Porthcawl CF36 5DU
Received 27 Sept 2021Land At Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 29 Apr 2020The Maerdy Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NA
Received 2 Dec 201316 Parc Derllwyn Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DB
Received 29 Apr 201417 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Be
Received 16 Dec 2005Williams Memorial Hall Main Road Coychurch CF35 5HB
Received 24 Apr 202010 Austin Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SN
Received 19 Dec 2011110 Bryn Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LU
Received 5 Oct 2015Land at Salt Lake off Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 19 Jun 2023Land adj to 45 Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9BT
Received 13 Sept 2022Land At Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 7 Apr 2008Land East of the A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend
Received 26 Oct 20182 Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DP
Received 3 Feb 2015Land At Craig Y Aber Woodland Aberbaiden Bridgend
Received 15 Dec 2014Fomer St Tydwg's Church Tythegston Bridgend Cf32 0Nd
Received 24 Oct 20039 Cypress Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5BZ
Received 22 Dec 2020116 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DR
Received 30 Dec 20134 Dan Yr Eglwys Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TJ
Received 8 Nov 2012Records 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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