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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
12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land between 63 Pendre & 21 Litchard Park Bridgend CF31 1PE
Received 15 Aug 2022Carnegie House Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 10 Aug 2015Plot 22 Adj 25 Rectory Close Sarn Bridgend
Received 3 Mar 2005Land Adj 5 Hutchwns Terrace Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TN
Received 16 Apr 2008Former Ogmore Comp (Spout Hill) Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9NA
Received 7 Jan 20143 Fitzhamon Road Porthcawl CF36 3JA
Received 19 Sept 202415 High Street Laleston CF32 0LD
Received 26 May 202029 Pen y Berllan Cefn Glas CF31 4QQ
Received 15 Feb 202175 Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JP
Received 8 Mar 2021B/End Bowling, Tennis & Croque Church Road, Off Merthyrmawr Road, Bridgend Cf31 3Az
Received 21 Feb 20053, 4, 5 The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Yp
Received 24 Nov 20057 Heol Gelli Lenor Maesteg Cf34 9Nd
Received 4 May 20044 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DE
Received 7 May 20102 School Terrace Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8NF
Received 9 Jun 2010Meadowcroft Cae Abbott Holiday Cottages Llangeinor CF32 8RX
Received 26 May 2021Land Adj 133 Victoria Street Pontycymmer CF32 8NB
Received 3 Feb 2009Islawen Farm Caeau Duon Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sp
Received 12 Oct 200611 Redshank Close Porthcawl CF36 3UG
Received 3 May 201832 Taliesin Close Pencoed CF35 6JR
Received 23 Jul 201847 Banc Yr Allt Bryntirion CF31 4RH
Received 22 Aug 2016Caerau Clinic Duffryn Road Caerau CF34 0SS
Received 2 Oct 201526 High Street Laleston CF32 0HP
Received 20 Jun 201910 Llwyn Bedw Pencoed CF35 6TH
Received 27 Sept 20186 Coed Parc Court Bridgend Cf31 4Hu
Received 18 Jan 2007Records 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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