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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11,012 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Oxford Street Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8DD
Received 16 Apr 20139 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 25 May 2023Hillsboro South Car Park Porthcawl
Received 20 Aug 2024Land Off New Street Pantygog Bridgend CF32 8DP
Received 24 Oct 2007Land At Craig Y Aber Woodland Aberbaiden Bridgend
Received 17 Jul 201296 Pyle Inn Way Pyle CF33 6LH
Received 14 Apr 202061 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4BY
Received 12 Oct 2016Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UW
Received 24 Apr 2013Land rear of 53 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 24 Nov 201778 Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UE
Received 28 Feb 2011Plots 53 & 54 Cilgant Y Lein Land At Ty Draw Farm North Cornelly CF33 4AJ
Received 8 Jul 2015The Market Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BY
Received 30 Aug 2011196 Bridgend Road, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0NA
Received 28 Oct 2024Deano's Cafe, 13 Millers Avenue, Brynmenyn Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF32 9TD
Received 13 Jan 2026Land adjacent to 12 Heol Tre Dwr Waterton CF31 3AJ
Received 9 Mar 2021Maple Drive Ewenny Road Bridgend Cf35 5Aw
Received 11 Mar 20045 Trenewydd Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ez
Received 26 Mar 2007Novomatic House South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3EB
Received 1 Apr 20269A Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 24 Jun 2009The Sahi 35 The Esplanade Porthcawl CF36 3YR
Received 29 Aug 2014Land Off Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 29 Nov 2005Land At Brynsiriol School Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 14 Dec 2007South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Xg
Received 20 Aug 2003Hare Grove Farm Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NR
Received 2 Sept 2014Records 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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