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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11,339 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
B2 (Plot 112) Village Farm Road, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 19 Dec 2024Bridgend Designer Outlet Village Mcarthur Glen Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 20 Jan 201485 Pendre Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pe
Received 18 Dec 2006Pencoed Primary School Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 4RH
Received 24 Jan 2017Land Adj 60 Vale View Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7PB
Received 28 Apr 2009Ruhamah Church Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 4 Sept 2013The Cherry Laurel Banks Buildings access road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RY
Received 13 Sept 2018Cornelly Quarry Heol y Splot South Cornelly CF33 4RD
Received 16 May 20234 Greenwood Close Litchard CF31 1PJ
Received 13 Dec 2019Maes Llan, Eithen Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3BX
Received 19 Mar 202541 Brynheulog Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HP
Received 3 Sept 2012Harbour Bar & Kitchen Unit 1 The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 22 Dec 2017Rear 106 Tudor Estate Caerau Maesteg CF34 0SP
Received 18 Dec 201345 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9He
Received 19 Nov 20034 Flatholm Way Nottage Porthcawl
Received 9 Nov 200416 Westward Place Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 29 Jan 2014Ty Talgarth Nantymoel CF32 7NR
Received 6 Mar 2017Tynewydd Farmhouse Spion Kop Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BT
Received 5 Nov 2012Mountain View Heol Bradford Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TG
Received 9 Feb 2011Plot 3 Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend
Received 27 Nov 20034 Tairwaun Place Maesteg CF34 9RF
Received 16 May 2013Land off Isfryn Industrial Estate (access from A4093) Blackmill CF35 6EQ
Received 28 Apr 2020Home Bargains Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 3 Jul 20205 Llys Teg Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BH
Received 12 Apr 2013Records 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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