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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
11,012 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adj Grove Golf Club South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RP
Received 20 Apr 20111 Heol Treharne Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0DS
Received 18 Mar 202448A Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Az
Received 10 Apr 200626 Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9EU
Received 15 Dec 2014Plot 4 Moriah Place Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dw
Received 5 Sept 20033 Lark Rise Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NU
Received 27 Feb 20177 Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NH
Received 24 Aug 2020Land Rear of 44 Long Acre North Cornelly CF33 4BE
Received 19 Jan 2026Riverdale Blackmill Village From War Memorial To River Bridge Crossing Ogwr Fawr Blackmill CF35 6DR
Received 10 Dec 202042 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 25 Jan 2010Cae Court 12 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 14 Jun 2012Land west of Heol Dewi Sant (former Bettws Social Club) Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 4 Nov 2024Bethel Welsh Baptist Chapel High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 10 Jul 20243 Ffordd y Mynach Pyle Bridgend CF33 6HT
Received 2 Feb 202133 Llwyn Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Aj
Received 4 Oct 2004Plot 5 West Of Bryn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 20 Nov 2008Somerset Lodge Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LW
Received 22 Apr 200912 Ivor Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hw
Received 18 Aug 2005Barn and land at Mill Lane Bridgend CF31 4JD
Received 4 Aug 2025Penybont House Waterton Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EN
Received 5 Feb 2008Land Off Tythegston Close Porthcawl CF36 3HJ
Received 30 Jul 2014Bay Tree Cottage 1 West End Avenue Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ne
Received 18 Aug 200620 Woodside Avenue Litchard CF31 1QF
Received 30 Sept 20217 Esgair Y Maes Bridgend CF31 5BL
Received 14 Nov 2013Records 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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