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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Heol Las Pencoed CF35 6YW
Received 8 May 201927 Bryn Cottages Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8PX
Received 8 Apr 2008Plot 13 Llynfi Court Maesteg
Received 14 Mar 2005Land Rear Of 5 Cwrt Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EL
Received 30 Sept 2015Land east of A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 7 Aug 2019The Old School House School Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Hu
Received 13 Apr 200427 Crown Rise Garth Maesteg CF34 0JY
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At Maerdy Coal Tip & Tynewydd Forest Ferndale Rhondda Cynon Taf
Received 2 Oct 200614 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3NY
Received 19 Aug 2021Land At Rear Of Ty-Cyffog Off Suffolk Place Bryn Road, Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ds
Received 16 Aug 2004The Meadows Bryn Road Coychurch CF35 6AE
Received 19 Apr 2022Land West Of Rose Cottage Ffordd Yr Eglwys North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Hw
Received 3 Jan 2007Ty Maen House Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 0EH
Received 18 Feb 2021Brocastle Estate Bridgend
Received 19 May 200428 Jubilee Road Bridgend CF31 3BA
Received 19 Nov 202124 Greenwood Close Litchard Bridgend
Received 11 Feb 2005Land Off New Street Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 30 Jun 201020 New Candlestone Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DX
Received 28 Mar 2022Haregrove Farm Tranch Laleston CF32 0NR
Received 27 Jul 2020Land Adj 66 Mackworth Street Bridgend CF31 1AG
Received 13 Apr 2006238 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BA
Received 6 Mar 2012South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 13 Sept 202129 Pen Yr Heol Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4ND
Received 25 Jun 200734 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 6 Apr 2018Records 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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