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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
11,463 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Iron Way Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 8 Apr 2011Post Office 15 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 18 May 2010Maesteg Comprehensive School Ffordd Dysgu Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LQ
Received 12 May 201018 Glannant Road Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RL
Received 18 Jun 2009Annexe at 6 Smallholdings Coity CF35 6BW
Received 26 Jul 2019Land Adj To 86 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hy
Received 16 Mar 200455 Hunters Ridge Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Lj
Received 10 Jul 200713 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QN
Received 28 May 2013Units 64/65 Designer Outlet Village Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 4 Jan 2018Old Cottage Restaurant 2A Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 7 Sept 20105 Lark Rise Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nu
Received 26 Jan 200533 Heol Mair Litchard CF31 1YL
Received 7 Aug 2020Preswylfa Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Rd
Received 10 May 2006Bryn Derwyn Cefn Cross Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Db
Received 14 Nov 20052 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6BY
Received 11 Apr 20246 Laburnum Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ua
Received 19 Apr 20053 Alison Court Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Sa
Received 9 Jan 200410 Hutchwns Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LD
Received 18 Jun 200929 East Avenue Kenfig Hill CF33 6NN
Received 13 May 2022Wilderness Lake Area Porthcawl CF36 5HT
Received 3 Jan 2013The Hollies Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 13 Sept 201732 Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 8 Jan 201025 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PY
Received 19 Jun 201315 Penyrallt Avenue Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QG
Received 8 May 2008Records 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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