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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
12,610 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 St Christophers Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RU
Received 28 Mar 2007Tynton Farmhouse Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NY
Received 18 Mar 20135 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 30 Sept 20155 Chiswick Close Bridgend Cf31 4Ra
Received 11 Aug 200329 Grove Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HY
Received 13 Apr 201566 Underwood Place Brackla CF31 2LR
Received 13 Nov 2023Plot 1, Swn-Yr-Afon, Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Hs
Received 22 Dec 20045 Juniper Close Porthcawl CF36 5BX
Received 14 Jul 201610 The Green Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3AX
Received 2 Jun 202544 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SR
Received 18 Mar 201528 Severn Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3LN
Received 17 Jun 2025St Johns Priory Merthyr Mawr Road North Bridgend CF31 3NG
Received 11 Mar 2024Ar Graig A48 Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 8 Mar 2013Brynteg House Pyle Cross Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Hs
Received 23 Jan 200658 St Michaels Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Pa
Received 15 May 200661 Heol Glannant Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Rt
Received 27 Feb 2006Adj Next Units 105-110 Welsh Designer Outlet Mcarthur Glen Designer Outlet Village The Derwen Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 29 Feb 200818 Esgair Y Maes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BL
Received 20 Apr 2009Ewenny Quarry Ewenny Vale Of Glamorgan
Received 28 Dec 2005102 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SS
Received 24 Jan 20115 Castle Meadows Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Da
Received 7 Mar 2006Bryncethin Playing Fields Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YW
Received 25 Sept 2012Unit 17 Ogmore Crescent Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TE
Received 17 Oct 2007Bridgend & Dist. Model Eng. Society Fountain Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 0EH
Received 1 Apr 2010Records 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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