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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12,381 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land Adj 39 Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas CF31 4PG
Received 8 Jul 2015Nationwide Building Society 29 Llynfi Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ds
Received 12 Jan 200645 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 20 Sept 2017108 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Af
Received 3 Nov 200631 Gregory Close Pencoed CF35 6RF
Received 15 Sept 201758 Cemetery Road Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Lw
Received 1 Dec 200465 Felindre Avenue Pencoed CF35 5PD
Received 30 May 202222 Meadow Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HH
Received 15 Mar 201012 Heol Cambrensis Pyle Bridgend CF33 6JA
Received 5 May 2011Green Acres Cats Protection site Pant Hirwaun Heol y Cyw CF32 9UJ
Received 10 Feb 20208 Dan Y Coed Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Es
Received 14 Nov 2006Land at Kings Terrace Maesteg CF34 0HD
Received 5 Nov 2019Sainsburys Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 25 Nov 2022Bryntirion Athletic Football Club Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JU
Received 25 Jan 202347 Prince Road, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6ED
Received 10 Sept 202518 Leyshon Way Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9AZ
Received 21 Nov 20071 Pentyla Maesteg Cf34 0Bb
Received 17 May 2004Conway 76 Park Court Road Bridgend CF31 4BP
Received 4 Aug 2009Ty Risca Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Hd
Received 27 Feb 200425 Parkfields Road, Bridgend, CF31 4BH
Received 16 Jun 202512b High Street Maesteg CF34 0BW
Received 6 Aug 2020Grove Farm Yard South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RP
Received 28 Oct 200850 Fulmar Road Porthcawl CF36 3PN
Received 18 Jun 201938 Llywelyn Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7BY
Received 17 Dec 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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