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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11,361 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Plot 1 End Of Moira Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bu
Received 26 Jul 200785 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 25 Nov 2015Avoca Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ly
Received 25 Mar 20043 Hazel Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RG
Received 22 Jun 2010Land to the rear of 65 & 66 Ael y Bryn North Cornelly CF33 4NT
Received 9 Jan 2020Evangelical Movement Of Wales Bryntirion House Bridgend CF31 4DX
Received 10 Jun 201510 Archway Cottages Heol Ty'n y Garn Penyfai CF31 4NY
Received 21 Jun 20171 Clevis Lane Porthcawl Cf36 5Ns
Received 10 Apr 2006175 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DE
Received 26 Feb 200820B Queen Street, Bridgend, CF31 1HX
Received 11 Feb 2025The Coach House Pen Y Lan Farm Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AN
Received 27 May 2009Titan Self Storage Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AG
Received 8 Jun 20238 Bryn Henfaes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EW
Received 10 Nov 20206 Laleston Court Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HG
Received 8 May 200727 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend Cf31 3Dw
Received 4 Mar 20042 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend
Received 14 Apr 2004Land Adj Cwm Ogwr Fach & Ebenezer Court Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Ea
Received 26 Mar 2007Former Bethany Chapel Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SQ
Received 7 Apr 2015Parc Derwen - Land Parcels R6/R7 Bridgend
Received 6 Nov 201223 Marlpit Lane, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 5EG
Received 23 Oct 202498 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HA
Received 25 Oct 2023Land Adj. & Part Of 2 Pant Glas Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Yl
Received 31 Aug 2005Unit 3 St Theodores Way Brynmenyn Ind Estate Bridgend Cf32 9Tz
Received 22 Dec 200511 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 2 Nov 2022Records 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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