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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11,076 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Sibrwd Y Dail Penyfai CF31 4GB
Received 19 Nov 2018Land adjacent to 33A Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill CF33 6DY
Received 3 Dec 2020Cae Rosser Farm Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 18 Jul 200821 Sycamore Close Litchard CF31 1QS
Received 20 Mar 2018Rosebank, Simonston Road, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BE
Received 8 Jul 2026Brocastle Manor Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 15 Oct 20071 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YS
Received 12 Jan 2010The Old Garage A48 Laleston Roundabout Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ly
Received 11 Sept 20065 Heol Tre Dwr Waterton Bridgend Cf31 3Aj
Received 25 Apr 200515 Station Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AL
Received 28 Jan 2009Brynawel Pant Y Pwllau Coity Bridgend CF35 6BP
Received 4 Oct 20131A Coegnant Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0TD
Received 9 Aug 2010Pyle Garden Centre Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 25 Feb 2019Brynhyfryd Pyle Road Pyle CF33 6HS
Received 24 Aug 2017Pyle And Kenfig Golf Club Pen Y Mynydd Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 1 Feb 201234 Pen Y Mynydd Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Se
Received 15 Aug 200648 Heol Llansantffraid Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NH
Received 27 Jun 202245 Redlands Close Pencoed CF35 6YU
Received 18 Jul 201654 West Road Bridgend Cf31 4Hq
Received 14 Jun 2006Land Btwn Rose Cott & Old Tavern Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PB
Received 16 Aug 2011111 Highfields, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2PD
Received 3 Sept 2026Bryntirion House Laleston Road Bridgend CF31 4DX
Received 4 Dec 202013 Highland Court Bryncethin CF32 9US
Received 19 Aug 2020Crossways, High Street Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hl
Received 25 Nov 2004Records 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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