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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Heronstone Park Bridgend CF31 3BZ
Received 26 Mar 202131 Felindre Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pb
Received 12 Oct 200625 Lon Y Parc Caerau Maesteg
Received 2 Sept 200357 Longfellow Drive Bridgend CF31 4PP
Received 7 Aug 2017Land Adj Heol Y Goedwig Playground Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DY
Received 27 Nov 2009Cafe Bangla, 53 Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 3Ad
Received 11 Apr 200543 Angel Way North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4PB
Received 10 Mar 202313 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HH
Received 28 May 2021Town Beach, The Promenade, Porthcawl
Received 3 Jun 2005Cwmfelin Primary School Maesteg Road Maesteg CF34 9LD
Received 20 Oct 2017Rear of 79 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 17 Jul 201711 Preswylfa Court, Bridgend, CF31 3NX
Received 20 Jun 2025Land At Llyndwr Fawr Caerau Maesteg
Received 25 Apr 2007Chamberlain House Bridgend Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YU
Received 29 Apr 2008Bridgend Retail Park Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Xx
Received 24 Feb 200613 Ysbryd Y Coed Cavendish Park Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 20 Dec 2013225 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dg
Received 20 Feb 200718 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 5 Sept 2024Land north of Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 13 Dec 202325 Davies Avenue Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Ps
Received 21 Sept 200463 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TD
Received 23 Feb 201112 Brynawel Bridgend CF31 4DL
Received 11 Mar 2013Plot 11 St Clares Court Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 1 Jul 2022139 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DW
Received 16 May 2017Records 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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