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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
11,266 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Nu
Received 11 Jul 2007Cae Rhyd Ton Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pt
Received 15 Sept 20068 Linden Way Porthcawl CF36 5AR
Received 5 May 2017Sarn Park Services J36 M4 Bridgend CF32 9RW
Received 3 Jul 2008Land off Careg Llwyd (Greystone) between junction of Coed Derw & Maes Y Fedwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5HA
Received 19 Apr 2023Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 14 Aug 20264 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dy
Received 22 Sept 2005The Breakers, 17 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LS
Received 31 Mar 201433 Collwyn Road Pyle CF33 6AL
Received 21 Aug 2020Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle
Received 4 Mar 2020St Johns School Church Street Porthcawl CF36 5SJ
Received 22 Aug 2023Graigwen Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PU
Received 26 Feb 2013Land Adj Pantyrawel Road Pantyrawel CF32 7HY
Received 28 Oct 201415 St Christophers Road Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Ru
Received 18 Jul 200724A Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 18 Nov 201111 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SS
Received 13 Jul 2010132-134 Waunscil Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 1TN
Received 24 Sept 2007Penllyn Villa 7 Hawthorn Drive Coychurch CF35 5ER
Received 27 Jun 20221 New Court Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EL
Received 19 Dec 201222 Prospect Place Ogmore Vale CF32 7DE
Received 25 Mar 201920 Foxhollows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NF
Received 21 Jun 201121 Cribbwr Square Kenfig Hill CF33 6NB
Received 26 Jul 2021108A Rowans Lane Bryncethin CF32 9LZ
Received 22 Dec 20148 Bro Dirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AB
Received 12 Oct 2009Records 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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