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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
11,361 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 13 Saville Road Penllwyngwent Industrial Estate Ogmore Vale CF32 7AX
Received 30 Jan 202478 Picton Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HH
Received 9 Feb 200921 Litchard Terrace Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PL
Received 23 Nov 2009The Cowshed Felindre Mill Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 17 Sept 2018Unit 11 Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 20 Dec 2022Land at former Bridgend Police Station and former Cheapside Multi-storey Car Park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 27 May 2025Parcels R21 & R22 Parc Derwen Coity
Received 28 Aug 201542 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 7 Nov 2012Land rear of 65-66 Ael-Y-Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 23 Oct 201810 De Breos Drive, Porthcawl, CF36 3JP
Received 10 Mar 202620 Ton Glas, Pyle, Bridgend, CF33 6BE
Received 23 Jun 2026142 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DW
Received 26 Oct 2007Land Adj. 26 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Tn
Received 16 Feb 2007Land off Old Coachmans Lane Court Colman Bridgend CF31 4FL
Received 11 Feb 2021Car Park At Former Tiles R Us Site Off Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AL
Received 24 Mar 20148 Sandymeers Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LP
Received 8 Dec 2010Plot 7 Land Off Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend
Received 17 Apr 201216 Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JW
Received 24 Aug 202123 Fairplace Close Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BY
Received 5 Feb 2021Former Glan yr Afon Home Heol yr Ysgol Ynysawdre CF32 9EG
Received 6 Dec 202120 Ffald Road Pyle CF33 6AD
Received 3 Jun 2020Parkfield 12 Bryncoch Road Sarn CF32 9PA
Received 15 Apr 2026Rear of 11 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 4JE
Received 10 Nov 201780 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 2 Dec 2014Records 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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