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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 7 Dec 202010 Arlington Road Porthcawl CF36 3DF
Received 17 Apr 2014Land east of Marlas House Marlas Road Pyle CF33 4PE
Received 17 Sept 2018R/O 2-4 Queen Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hx
Received 10 Nov 200548 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9HJ
Received 8 May 201936 Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Ss
Received 12 Jul 2005Unit 7 New Tarren Workshops Dunraven Business Park Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 17 Apr 2012Site At Christian Ctre Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Nb
Received 8 Nov 2004Land to the rear of St Marys Church, Bridgend Road Garth Maesteg CF34 0NA
Received 12 Jul 2016Rest Bay (Adj. Lifeguard Stn.) Porthcawl Cf36 3Un
Received 3 Jul 2007Aldi Stores Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 20 Sept 2012Land Adjacent 11 Carn Wen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BW
Received 27 Oct 20143 Greenfield Terrace Shwt Betws Bridgend Cf32 8Ud
Received 11 Apr 2006Land to the west of Bryn Bragl Brackla CF31 2LP
Received 14 Mar 201911 Swn Y Nant Pencoed CF35 6JF
Received 22 Jun 202184 Pyle Inn Way Pyle CF33 6LH
Received 7 Sept 2021Riva Maesteg Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SN
Received 11 Jun 2021Land At Parc Derwen Bridgend
Received 21 Dec 200937 Acland Road Bridgend CF31 1TF
Received 13 Jun 201923 Bryn Bedw Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8AE
Received 19 Oct 202185 Nolton Street, Bridgend, CF31 3AE
Received 15 Jul 202513 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 22 Mar 2016Land Alongside 45 Maesteg Rd Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Bt
Received 20 Jun 2007The Haven 21 Abergarw Meadow Brynmenyn CF32 8YG
Received 4 Jul 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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