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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12,141 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off New Street Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8OP
Received 10 Feb 201222 - 24 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 8 Feb 200820 Wernlys Road, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4NS
Received 20 Apr 202615 Westfield Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Sg
Received 28 Apr 200624 Alyson Way Pencoed CF35 6TP
Received 28 May 202024A Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 26 Jan 20111 Uplands Drive Maesteg CF34 0BH
Received 29 Jan 2019Silverton Litchard Terrace Bridgend
Received 10 May 200524 Austin Avenue Laleston CF32 0LG
Received 25 Mar 20151 Travis Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SD
Received 7 Jul 200833 Picton Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ef
Received 21 Jun 2006Land at/south of Broadlands House Heol Blandy Broadlands CF32 0NS
Received 20 Dec 2022Plot 10 North Of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 16 Dec 2015Verges either side of the entrance to Orchard Heights / Pen Y Berllan Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas CF31 4QQ
Received 25 Oct 2023Land Adj Coity Bypass Brackla Bridgend
Received 23 May 2011108 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TD
Received 27 Jun 202352 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 21 May 202059 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HY
Received 25 Jun 2010Y Bwthyn, 2 Llys Tynewydd, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BY
Received 8 Apr 20261 Hermon Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Su
Received 5 Aug 20055 Cae Derwen Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PY
Received 4 May 200745 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EB
Received 23 Aug 2022Bridge over Incline Plane along NCN4 route Near Maesteg Road Tondu
Received 17 Sept 20252 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UD
Received 8 Nov 2010Records 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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