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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
12,381 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Myrtle Cottage 3 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5PF
Received 26 Jun 202329 Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DE
Received 10 May 20114 Cypress Court Off Park Avenue Ogmore Vale CF32 7DH
Received 13 Jun 2011Tangnefedd Heol Fach / Porthcawl Rd North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AW
Received 28 Oct 20111 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 19 Dec 20161St Floor, 2 Wyndham St., Bridgend Cf31 1Ef
Received 6 Mar 2006Joseph Ash Galvanizing Princes Way Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3AQ
Received 18 Jul 202215 Park Avenue Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 25 Jul 200643 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands CF31 5DU
Received 12 Oct 202026 Station Row Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8PJ
Received 5 Dec 201318 Greenfield Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SH
Received 3 Jun 2014127 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 30 Apr 2008Derllwyn House Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DL
Received 2 Dec 20146 Glynstell Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NN
Received 5 Nov 200826 Heol Y Mynydd Sarn CF32 9UH
Received 28 Feb 2017Land Off Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 14 Dec 200566 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NA
Received 27 Aug 2019Boston Pine Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 9 Jan 2007Former BT repeater station Island Farm Road Bridgend CF31 3LG
Received 29 Mar 201917 Celtic Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YJ
Received 12 May 201035 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NR
Received 22 Aug 2007Units 6 & 7 Spelter Ind. Estate Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Ty
Received 9 Dec 200328 Pant Glas Pencoed CF35 6YL
Received 10 May 2022Land At Blaencaerau Road Former Brewers Site Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Pp
Received 5 Apr 2007Records 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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