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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12,610 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brackla Primary School Brackla Way Brackla CF31 2EZ
Received 6 Apr 202215 Carn Wen Bridgend Cf31 5Bw
Received 19 May 200610 St Johns Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pw
Received 21 Oct 200421 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DF
Received 3 Dec 20074 Pant Y Blodau Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LX
Received 16 May 2007Laneway R/O Caerau Rd/Treharne Rd Caerau Maesteg
Received 30 Jul 201012 Brodawel Maesteg Cf34 0Ll
Received 20 May 20044 Curlew Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3QB
Received 4 Aug 201744 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DU
Received 24 Feb 2022Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 1 Feb 2019South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 30 Aug 20161 Clos Helyg North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4PY
Received 15 Mar 20222 Vale View Sarn Bridgend CF32 9RY
Received 23 Feb 2014Land At Wigan Terrace Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YE
Received 15 Jul 2009The Beeches Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JR
Received 25 Feb 200940 Ewenny Road Bridgend Cf31 3Hr
Received 18 Aug 2005Victoria Wine 63 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ay
Received 21 Feb 2005Market Building 25 & 25A Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DA
Received 23 Jul 201013 Warwick Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LH
Received 13 Aug 2012Meadow Croft Cae Abbott Holiday Cottages Llangeinor Arms access road A4093 Llangeinor CF32 8RX
Received 6 Oct 2020HSBC, 13 Dunraven Place, Bridgend, CF31 1JQ
Received 9 Dec 20192 Cefn Carfan Cottages Heol Laethog Bryncethin CF32 9JE
Received 20 Jul 2017Land Off New Street Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 13 Nov 2006Coed Y Mwstwr Newydd Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AF
Received 17 Dec 2008Records 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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