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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
12,523 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LR
Received 20 Aug 20123 Carn Wen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BW
Received 27 Nov 2014Aberbaiden Tips Near Margam Occs Penybryn Margam
Received 1 Jun 2009Land east of Werfa Telecommunications Mast Nantymoel
Received 18 Nov 20196 New Buildings Farm Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0HA
Received 2 Mar 201861 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LN
Received 8 Dec 2014Newbridge Farm, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PN
Received 18 May 20267 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3NY
Received 10 Mar 201444 Heol Croes Faen Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SW
Received 23 Jun 2016KPC Youth, r/o Pyle Inn Way, Pyle
Received 14 Jul 2008Caner Mawr Farm off The Old Parish Road Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EP
Received 1 Sept 2020Unit 1 Ty Talbot Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 19 Oct 20229 East Avenue, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6NN
Received 9 Mar 202641 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PN
Received 23 Nov 201127 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DW
Received 1 Jul 2025Land Adj 40 Meadow Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HH
Received 5 May 2009Harts Building Newlands Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2DA
Received 24 Jan 201337 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UN
Received 11 Feb 201026 Hillcrest Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nl
Received 31 Oct 200314 Heol Ewenny Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5QA
Received 30 Jun 201420 Coronation Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9TA
Received 4 May 2010Corneldu Mawr Farm Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Bridgend Cf35 6Hl
Received 28 Nov 200315 Danygraig Avenue Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 23 Aug 2023Hayes Yard Hayes Terrace Bridgend CF31 1NB
Received 14 Dec 2018Records 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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