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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12,610 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Cwrt Ty Mawr Ogmore Vale CF32 7EQ
Received 3 Aug 202223 Heol Waldsassen Earlswood Park Pencoed Bridgend
Received 28 Jun 200437 The Burrows Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AJ
Received 3 Nov 2011Home Farm Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 8YS
Received 30 Apr 2013106 Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ns
Received 22 Apr 20042 & 4 Queen Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hx
Received 31 May 20066 Parc Tyn Y Waun Pont Rhyd Y Cyff Maesteg Cf34 9Rg
Received 16 Apr 2007Land south-east of Tremains Wood Brackla
Received 7 Mar 2025Harlequin Building Hillsboro Place Car Park Dock Street Porthcawl CF36 3BL
Received 21 Jul 200948 Orchard Drive Porthcawl CF36 5RA
Received 27 Sept 201756 Woodland Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EB
Received 30 Mar 201514 Ton Glas Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BE
Received 12 May 2008Entrance To Cefn Cribbwr Sssi Bedford Road Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0BN
Received 11 Oct 2013C/Park Rear Of 32-44 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend
Received 22 Aug 2007Greyholme, West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl Cf36 3Ss
Received 30 Jun 2005Rear Of 38 Newcastle Hill Bridgend Cf31 4Ey
Received 3 Nov 20035 Blaencaerau Road Caerau Maesteg CF34 0PP
Received 21 Nov 2018Parc Hyfryd Farm Pantypwllau Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bp
Received 24 May 2006St Johns Ambulance Hall Bedford Close Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AY
Received 21 Dec 201529 Preswylfa Court Bridgend Cf31 3Nx
Received 7 Sept 2004Coed Y Gaer Farm Hendre Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RA
Received 22 Aug 201125 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 7 Feb 2007Ty Draw Farm Ty Merchant Pencoed CF35 6PN
Received 24 Dec 20085 Church Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AA
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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