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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12,326 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Commercial Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bl
Received 19 Oct 2006Llynfi Biomass Power Near Llangynwyd Maesteg
Received 24 Apr 2019Land At Abergarw Farm New Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LL
Received 3 Jul 2009Land Adjacent To Delfryn Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 19 Oct 200710 School Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dt
Received 11 Dec 200350 Kensington Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4QS
Received 23 Feb 2023BCBC County Supplies building Waterton CF31 3YR
Received 9 Jun 2016Land surrounding and partly including Ysgol Gynradd Caerau Primary School Maesteg
Received 18 Nov 202178 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JJ
Received 27 Sept 200794 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NA
Received 2 Jun 2016Beach at Trecco Bay Holiday Park Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NG
Received 17 Mar 2022Plot 23 (North of 8 Llynfi Court) Maesteg CF34 9NJ
Received 11 Mar 2019Areas R10 & R11 Parc Derwen Coity
Received 13 Mar 2015Land Rear Of Sandown Ton Kenfig Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PR
Received 2 May 201273 Heol Castell Coety Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PU
Received 6 Feb 201212 Locks Lane Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HY
Received 29 Jul 2010Land adjacent to 1 Park View New Road Tondu CF32 0EH
Received 28 May 2019Pant Mawr Quarry Cornelly Quarry Bridgend
Received 15 May 200727 Llwyn Castan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FG
Received 30 Sept 201631 Treharne Drive Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nt
Received 21 Aug 200624 Hazel Mead Brynmenyn CF32 9AQ
Received 14 Sept 202010 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LW
Received 27 Apr 202147 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 19 May 2014170 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QJ
Received 1 Nov 2011Records 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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