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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12,523 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old School Court School Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HU
Received 9 Feb 20111 Green Field Terrace Shwt CF32 8UD
Received 8 Apr 20219 De Londres Close Porthcawl CF36 3JE
Received 1 Jul 20201200 Central Park Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 18 Sept 20082 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 21 Nov 2017Llews Fish & Chip Shop Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend Cf31 4Hy
Received 31 Oct 2003Former St Clares Convent Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 7 Nov 2019Tondu Waste Transfer Station off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9HZ
Received 13 Apr 20221 The Willows Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HD
Received 29 Aug 2008100 Adare Street, Wyndham, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend Cf32 7Hf
Received 28 Jan 2005The Bungalow 4 Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AN
Received 13 Jul 201711 Oaktree Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Bq
Received 10 Oct 2006Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BL
Received 17 Aug 2018Condors Rest Station Approach Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DY
Received 8 Feb 2013156 Quarella Road Bridgend Cf31 1Jt
Received 5 Sept 2003Land fronting Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3UZ
Received 21 Mar 2017Greenmeadow House Water Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AN
Received 13 May 201139 Dunraven Street Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AS
Received 9 Jun 2010Plot 4 Hillside Gardens Gwaun Bant Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 9 Jul 20049 Hollyhock Drive Brackla CF31 2NS
Received 25 Jan 201927 Heol Castell Coety Litchard CF31 1PU
Received 16 Sept 201534 Penyrallt Avenue Litchard CF31 1QG
Received 26 Jan 2017Ynysawdre Comprehensive School Heol Yr Ysgol Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EL
Received 1 Mar 201383 Wood Green Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4DY
Received 15 Feb 2016Records 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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