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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12,156 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
29 Brynteg Avenue Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Bd
Received 22 Jul 2005Electricity Sub Station North Road Ogmore Vale
Received 26 Nov 201422 Erw Deg Bridgend Cf31 4De
Received 14 Oct 200419 Anglesey Way Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Qp
Received 8 Jul 2004Land adj New Mill Farm Bryncethin CF35 6DN
Received 22 Aug 201814 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 14 May 2014The Jennings Building Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 19 Apr 2017Marlas House Marlas Road Pyle CF33 4PE
Received 18 Jun 202194 Coity Road, Bridgend, CF31 1LU
Received 19 Nov 2024Cildaudy Farm Cildaudy Road Coytrahen CF32 0DL
Received 10 Jun 201920 Erw Ifan Pencoed CF35 6YH
Received 16 Mar 2018Heddfan, Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 8 Apr 20163 The Paddock Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HJ
Received 30 Sept 20247 Ton y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PL
Received 12 Sept 2022Blackmill Youth & Community Centre Graig Terrace Blackmill CF35 6DT
Received 13 Oct 20146 Mallard Way, Porthcawl, CF36 3TQ
Received 28 Jul 202517 Wimborne Road Pencoed
Received 15 Nov 20047 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dd
Received 16 Mar 200526 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend
Received 8 Jun 200489 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AW
Received 16 Sept 200810 Pen y Berllan Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QQ
Received 18 Jan 2023Former Ambulance Hall Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 24 Aug 201544 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hh
Received 16 Jul 2004Land next to 113 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NB
Received 18 Dec 2024Records 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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