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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
12,156 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 7 David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 30 Apr 200738 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend Cf31 3Dn
Received 28 Jul 2004Land at Island Farm Bridgend
Received 23 May 202335 Duffrynmadog Maesteg CF34 0BE
Received 22 Jun 2018Colonel North Memorial Hall Maesteg
Received 8 Feb 200513 De Breos Drive Porthcawl CF36 3JP
Received 21 Aug 2020Land to west of Bryn Bragl Brackla CF31 2LP
Received 3 Jan 2019Former Maesteg Washery & Coegnant Colliery Site East Of Maesteg And Nantyffyllon
Received 12 Apr 201616 Brynffrwd Close Coychurch CF35 5EP
Received 18 Apr 2018Land Btwn Newcastle Hill & Tondu Road Bridgend
Received 21 Nov 200825 Hilary Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SE
Received 22 Aug 2011Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 28 Jun 20191 The Long House Heol Blandy Broadlands Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 6 Aug 2018121 Graham Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NP
Received 10 Oct 202222 Westward Place Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Xa
Received 22 Nov 200516 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9DA
Received 17 May 20224 Woodland Way Sarn Bridgend CF32 9QA
Received 13 Mar 20123 Bredenbury Gardens Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ny
Received 19 Nov 2003Ty Coed Moelgilau Lane Betws Bridgend Cf32 8Uh
Received 24 Apr 2006'Woodview', 3 Pandy Bungalows, Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Rb
Received 16 Feb 2005Racoon Hair Design 2 Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1EA
Received 9 Sept 201994 Mill View Estate Garth Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 5 Feb 2024Wyndham Arms Hotel Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 14 Jun 2024Plot 7 land at Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 12 Sept 2018Records 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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