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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
11,339 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ty Coed Castan Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SS
Received 23 Feb 2021Old Fire Station Pandy Park Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9RE
Received 12 Feb 2009Farm Shop Building Ty Talgarth Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NR
Received 15 Jul 20119 Glebeland Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HE
Received 21 Sept 2009Land Adj Rowland Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 13 Sept 2012Carnegie House Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 9 Mar 201626 Ystad Celyn Maesteg Cf34 9Lt
Received 19 Mar 2004The Nature Centre Fountain Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 0EH
Received 10 Feb 2012Westward Community Centre Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JR
Received 10 Mar 201144 Westward Place Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 21 Apr 2008Sunnybank Penycae Bridgend CF32 9SN
Received 29 Aug 2008Bridgend Recreation Centre Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4AH
Received 15 Jul 200814 Station Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg
Received 10 Feb 200517 Curwen Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AW
Received 16 Aug 2013Garw Valley Leisure Centre Old Station Yard Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8ES
Received 13 Feb 200818 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend Cf31 4Pg
Received 23 Sept 2010Freeschool Court Evangelical Church & Sparesworld Free School Court Bridgend CF31 1DD
Received 4 Sept 201925 Well Street Laleston CF32 0LF
Received 13 Feb 2015Garage R/O Harvey Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Ae
Received 23 Jan 200682 Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UE
Received 11 Aug 2014Plot 5 land at Ty Maen Ffordd Leyshon Bryncethin CF32 9TB
Received 13 Jul 202216 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 12 Apr 2010Rear Of 1 & 3 Fenton Place Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Dw
Received 3 Jun 20043 Acland Road Bridgend CF31 1TF
Received 31 Oct 2007Records 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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