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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
38 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NN
Received 30 May 201726 Maes Y Fedwen Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Da
Received 19 Jul 2005Weighbridge Cafe Old Council Yard Ewenny Road Maesteg
Received 31 Mar 2005Jctn Of Coychurch Rd & Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend
Received 31 Jul 201213 Ton View Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ex
Received 22 Sept 20063 Bryn Henfaes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EW
Received 7 Jan 2022Tesco Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 25 Feb 20209 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 8 Aug 2016Former School Playing Fields Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 11 May 2017Caeffatri Bar & Grill Castle View Bridgend CF31 1NJ
Received 18 Jul 20221 Forest View Pyle CF33 6JD
Received 28 Mar 201816 Pant Y Ffynon Pencoed
Received 3 Mar 2004Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AN
Received 31 May 2017Grounds Of West Winds 2 Locks Lane Porthcawl CF36 3HY
Received 30 Jun 2014Unit 3 Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 2 Dec 201017 Gwaun Bant Pontycymmer CF32 8LN
Received 14 Apr 2022Former Wildmill Boiler House Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JR
Received 11 Jul 2012Garage R/O 21 Ogwy Street Nantymoel Bridgend Cf31 3Se
Received 23 Dec 2005Plot 91 Carreg Erw Phase 2 Coity Bridgend
Received 1 Jul 20138 St Christophers Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RY
Received 2 May 200812 Cefn Nant Pencoed CF35 6JE
Received 11 Jan 20212 Parcau Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ta
Received 14 Mar 20067 Plousane Road Pencoed CF35 5LN
Received 26 Sept 20166 Austin Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 5Rs
Received 8 Apr 2004Records 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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