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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
11,557 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Osborne Terrace, Nant-Y-Moel, CF32 7NP
Received 18 Oct 2024Unit 34 Bennett Street Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SH
Received 16 Jan 202383 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Rn
Received 15 Aug 2006Land at Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF32 0NP
Received 19 Mar 2018The Parc Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 22 Jun 20211 Hillcrest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 20 Aug 2010Plot 50a Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BN
Received 19 Feb 202030 Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LP
Received 19 Aug 2009Ty Wrth Yr Eglwys, Glynogwr, Bridgend, CF35 6EL
Received 13 Nov 20242 Mountain View North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ee
Received 9 May 2005Hall Farm Hall Drive North Cornelly CF33 4HR
Received 5 Jul 202317 Heol Shon Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BG
Received 19 Apr 20138 Bro Dirion Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Ab
Received 5 May 200419 The Willows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HD
Received 24 Sept 2012Haul Fryn Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr
Received 2 Nov 200415 Esterling Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3JL
Received 2 Apr 2009Newton Down Windfarm Stormy Lane Porthcawl
Received 17 Dec 202410-14 Nolton Arcade Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1DX
Received 31 Mar 2026Land South Of Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 15 Aug 201135 Woodstock Gardens Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6ST
Received 1 Oct 200812 Heol Heulog Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RN
Received 15 Nov 20076 St Davids Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HA
Received 13 Apr 20157 Heol Bryn North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DE
Received 19 Sept 2007Land at Heronston Lane Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 19 Jun 2017Records 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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