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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
11,076 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ns
Received 27 Oct 2003169 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 10 Aug 202026 Market Street Bridgend Cf31 1Lj
Received 17 Apr 2007Next to 24 Bryndu Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HB
Received 2 Nov 201718 Llys Castell Newydd, Bridgend, CF31 4PD
Received 15 Sept 2025Parcel R26 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 8 Nov 201618 Ffordd Maendy, Ynysawdre, Bridgend, CF32 9EZ
Received 19 Mar 2025Gentle Way Broadlands Bridgend
Received 6 Jan 2004Land Part Of Penylan Fach Pencoed Bridgend
Received 26 Jun 200744 Eustace Drive Bryncethin CF32 9PJ
Received 26 Apr 20211 Min yr Awel Penyfai CF31 4GJ
Received 28 Jul 2020Sigma3 Unit 1 Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3RY
Received 14 Mar 20222 Heol y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 6 Jul 2020Former Aber Youth Centre Glyn Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AS
Received 9 Nov 2004Rear Of Shopping Centre Gentle Way Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 24 Dec 201352 Eleanor Close & 5 Duffryn Pencoed Bridgend
Received 18 Mar 2008McDonalds Restaurant Bridgend Retail Park Picton Court Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 24 Nov 201668 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 4 Jul 2022Blackmill Methodist Chapel Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Dt
Received 18 Sept 2003Cornelly and Grove Quarries Heol Y Splot South Cornelly CF33 4RD
Received 28 Mar 201890 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DT
Received 9 Nov 20117 Gordon Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3AA
Received 20 Jul 20265 Llynfi Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ds
Received 3 Jun 200448 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9RA
Received 18 May 2010Records 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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