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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12,610 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Pant Yr Awel Blackmill Road Pant Yr Awel Bridgend CF32 7HU
Received 18 Oct 2007General Picton Hotel 57 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DH
Received 17 Sept 200917 Litchard Terrace Bridgend Cf31 1Pl
Received 8 Oct 200496 Wood Green Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4DY
Received 2 Jun 2014Land to the side of 1 Ger Y Bont Bridgend CF31 1HZ
Received 22 May 20237 Laleston Court Laleston CF32 0HG
Received 3 Sept 202476 Dunraven Place Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Et
Received 20 Jun 200633 Crown Rise Maesteg CF34 0JY
Received 22 Jun 2018The Braichycymmer Hotel Pleasant View Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8BJ
Received 25 Sept 2012128 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Pp
Received 10 Mar 20057 Ffordd Haearn Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 23 Nov 2021Oldcastle Primary School South Street Bridgend CF31 3ED
Received 4 Sept 2013Land At 29 Orchard Drive Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 24 Jun 2008Pencoed Primary School Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RH
Received 24 Jul 2020Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 12 Jun 201853 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 29 Jul 2009Land adj to The Old Barn Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 11 Jul 201945 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 27 Jan 201229 Gwaun Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HS
Received 17 Sept 2008Garden Of Fronwen Litchard Hill Bridgend Cf35 6Hb
Received 7 Jun 2005Long Acre Court Colman Penyfai Bridgend CF32 0HD
Received 30 Apr 201054 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 30 Oct 202332 Fenton Place Porthcawl CF36 3DW
Received 4 Aug 2015Bridgend Police Station Cheapside / Brackla Street Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 30 Nov 2022Records 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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