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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
12,241 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Ffordd Y Draen Coity CF35 6BF
Received 30 Apr 202177 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QG
Received 26 Jul 2013The Ranch Steakhouse Bridgend Road Maesteg Cf34 0Ax
Received 10 Nov 2005Land adjacent to the Old Police Station Bethania Row Ogmore Vale CF32 7AB
Received 2 May 201776 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Px
Received 23 Sept 20051 Bedford Close Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0Dd
Received 20 Sept 200430 Highfields Avenue Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qr
Received 3 Aug 2006Land Adj 28 Croft Goch Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 11 Dec 200378 New Road, Porthcawl, CF36 5DE
Received 26 Mar 202617 Station Road Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rd
Received 25 Aug 20046 Whitehart Cottages Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9TD
Received 22 Jun 201218 Heol Tynton Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PP
Received 20 Nov 200947 Redlands Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YU
Received 25 Apr 20243 Pen Gwern Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ye
Received 11 Feb 2004The Elms, West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ss
Received 5 Oct 2005Land East Of 296 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Pl
Received 13 Jul 20059 Elder Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RH
Received 25 Oct 2010Land At Bocam Park Pencoed Bridgend
Received 13 Oct 2008Garden Of 47 Long Acre North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Be
Received 6 Feb 200411 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 28 Feb 2011Grand Pavilion The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YW
Received 6 Nov 2012Plots 31, 32, 33 & 63 Duffryn Oaks Pencoed
Received 15 Jul 200410 Islawen Meadows Pencoed CF35 6LW
Received 1 Mar 2018Gilfach-Orfydd Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Eg
Received 11 Apr 2005Records 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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