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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11,463 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Llys Briallen Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Bg
Received 17 May 200421 Kittiwake Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UU
Received 9 Apr 2009Land Adj 33 Meadow Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Dg
Received 7 Apr 2004Fairways Hotel West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LS
Received 12 Mar 2012Kandy Heol Ton Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PS
Received 2 Oct 2007West Winds Bay View Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NF
Received 3 Nov 2008Angel Fish Bar Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 15 Jun 20124 Llwyn Glas Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AH
Received 4 Aug 201435 Mackworth Road Porthcawl
Received 24 Feb 200437 Maes Y Wern Pencoed CF35 6TE
Received 7 Feb 201423 Blaencaerau Road Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0PP
Received 15 Dec 20082 Heol Castell Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BH
Received 27 Apr 201085 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 30 Apr 201417 Beechwood Grove Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SU
Received 11 Apr 201161 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EB
Received 20 Apr 2009Coity Primary School Ffordd Yr Hebog Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6DH
Received 1 Jul 2019Land West Of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9HZ
Received 19 Oct 2015Nolan Recycling Ltd Waste Transfer Station The Old Quarry Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 3 Feb 2010100 Glan y Nant Tondu CF32 9DU
Received 6 Jun 2017Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 28 Aug 2026Llwyncelyn Farm Hafod Lane Porth Rhondda Cynon Taf CF39 9UE
Received 6 Jan 202360 Vale View Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7PB
Received 24 Apr 2013Former Surgery 77 High Street Maesteg CF34 9EY
Received 16 Mar 201860 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 12 Oct 2015Records 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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