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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
12,673 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Awelfa 3 Yr Helyg Heol y Cyw CF35 6LL
Received 24 Apr 2017Land next to 2 Heol Las Pencoed CF35 6YW
Received 25 Feb 20221 Seaview Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend Cf35 6As
Received 27 Jul 200668 Turberville Street Maesteg CF34 0LU
Received 19 Jan 201537 Caroline Street Bridgend Cf31 1Dn
Received 23 Dec 201025 Austin Avenue Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Rs
Received 5 Feb 2004Lloyds Pharmacy 8 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HS
Received 28 Mar 200719 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 30 Oct 2017Land at No. 2 Gypsy Lane Stables Wern Tarw Road Rhiwceiliog Pencoed
Received 22 Jun 2020Swn Y Don Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RT
Received 6 Mar 2012Ashton House Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AE
Received 9 Mar 20167 Pant Y Blodau Pencoed CF35 6LX
Received 24 Sept 201512 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 28 Mar 2012Land At Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 24 Dec 201537 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 24 Mar 2015Gilgal Baptist Church Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3EP
Received 24 May 202117 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NA
Received 6 Dec 201215 Highfield Place Sarn CF32 9RR
Received 22 Apr 2024Ty'r Brwyn 1 The Old Police House Penyfai Bridgend
Received 28 May 200450 Litchard Cross Bridgend Cf31 1Nx
Received 9 Sept 2004Garden Of 19 Moriah Place Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DW
Received 31 Jan 200834 Mountain View North Cornelly CF33 4EG
Received 14 Nov 2019Newcastle House West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 21 Oct 20094 Bedford Close, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, CF32 0DD
Received 10 Jul 2026Records 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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