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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
12,326 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lu
Received 19 Oct 200619 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AA
Received 8 Aug 20113 Talgarth Street Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Ly
Received 18 Aug 200628 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Aa
Received 19 Oct 200575 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Lu
Received 23 Mar 20041 Heol Ganol Sarn CF32 9PF
Received 28 Jun 2023Unit 11 Broadlands Retail Centre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 22 Aug 2011Barn 2 The Old Barn Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PH
Received 16 Jun 2021Co-Operative Pharmacy Victoria Street Pontycymmer CF32 8NN
Received 22 Jul 20158 Lower Church Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LA
Received 3 Mar 201113 Alexandra Road Maesteg CF34 0PL
Received 27 Feb 201831 West Park Drive Porthcawl Cf36 3Rg
Received 1 Apr 2005Land Adj Former Aber Infants School Fern Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AP
Received 6 Sept 201315 Dol Hir North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Px
Received 23 Nov 200535 St Marys Crescent Maesteg CF34 0UX
Received 30 Mar 202312 Oaklands Avenue Bridgend CF31 4ST
Received 26 Mar 20269 Cwrt Newydd Broadlands CF31 5EL
Received 16 Feb 202312 Tythegston Close Nottage CF36 3HJ
Received 17 Aug 2016Hut 9 Island Farm off A48 Bridgend
Received 5 Jun 2026Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 21 May 201511 Vale View Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BU
Received 10 May 2021Penrhiw Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8FG
Received 18 Jul 2016Land at Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 8 Aug 201724 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity CF35 6AY
Received 30 Jun 2021Records 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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