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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Red Dragon Hotel Litchard Hill Bridgend Cf31 1Qj
Received 6 May 200413a Brynmawr Place Maesteg CF34 9PB
Received 23 Nov 2017Twin Oaks Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DG
Received 20 Aug 2014Ar Graig A48 Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 11 Oct 2012Land at Cefn Glas Road Adj entrance to Pen Y Berllan Cefn Glas CF31 4PG
Received 4 Nov 2021Land at former Ford factory Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3WT
Received 1 Dec 20211 The Well Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LE
Received 1 Nov 2007Cross Inn Maesteg Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LB
Received 9 Jun 2011Home Farm Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 8YS
Received 9 Sept 20111 Dan Y Coed Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Ne
Received 14 Aug 20067 Well Street Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Be
Received 10 Jun 200412 Swn y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JF
Received 23 Aug 2022Craig Llyscwmllorwg Nr Ogmore Vale / Lewistown Bridgend Cf32 7Ht
Received 26 Oct 2005The Mount 7 Clevis Hill Porthcawl CF36 5NT
Received 19 Jun 201441 Ynysteg Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EU
Received 1 Nov 2012Parc Lodge, Bryntirion Hill, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4DA
Received 10 Apr 2025Ynyslas Isaf Farm Blackmill CF35 6DW
Received 13 Oct 20145 Belmont Close Maesteg CF34 0LH
Received 20 Mar 201934 St George's Avenue Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RS
Received 3 Jul 2012Bryn Mynach Farm Llan Road Maesteg CF34 9SE
Received 3 Oct 201810 Highland Court Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9US
Received 17 Nov 2008Land At Waterton Lane Waterton Bridgend
Received 22 Apr 201010 Llan Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Td
Received 17 Mar 2004Heol Las Farmhouse Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PL
Received 28 Mar 2019Records 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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