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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9C High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AD
Received 13 Mar 2012Moriah Chapel Station Road Llangynwyd CF34 9TF
Received 5 Jan 2018Stormy Down Pyle Bridgend
Received 25 May 20064 Hazel Mead Brynmenyn CF32 9AQ
Received 22 Nov 2021Thompson Technik (Bridgend) Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Lr
Received 11 Apr 200525 Dunraven Place, Wyndham, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend Cf32 7Et
Received 6 Jun 2005Land Btwn Protheroe St & Dan Y Bryn Maesteg Bridgend
Received 14 Oct 20082 Curlew Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QA
Received 24 Jul 2009Heronstone Villa Heronstone Lane Bridgend CF31 3BX
Received 28 Feb 200818 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 20 Jan 2005Land R/O Of Darran House Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 10 Nov 2008Tyhalen Bryncoch Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Yb
Received 12 Sept 200614 Heol Ewenny Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Qa
Received 22 Jun 20049 - 11 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ap
Received 14 Feb 20056 Eagle View Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nw
Received 23 Nov 200431 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 26 Jun 20231 Clos Cornelius South Cornelly CF33 4RQ
Received 20 Dec 201219 Barnes Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Qz
Received 28 Jul 2004Ty Garreg Garreg Road Pontycymmer CF32 8EL
Received 24 Jul 201823 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AP
Received 21 Sept 200723 Yr-Ysfa Maesteg CF34 9AG
Received 29 Jul 200912 Dan y Bryn Evanstown CF39 8RF
Received 1 Mar 2022Haregrove Farm Laleston Bridgend
Received 27 Apr 201242 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HD
Received 12 Apr 2011Records 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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