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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
12,781 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear of 82 Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3NS
Received 24 Feb 2025Land R/O Oddfellow Arms Tonna Road Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Ru
Received 30 Aug 200546 Dunraven Place, Bridgend, CF31 1JB
Received 11 Jun 2026The Laurels Heol Pen Y Fai Pen Y Fai CF31 4LS
Received 22 Jul 2015FRF Bridgend Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RT
Received 27 Oct 201720 Heol Fair Porthcawl CF36 5LA
Received 15 Sept 20232 Port Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EW
Received 10 Jan 201211 River Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BH
Received 14 Oct 201115 Tymeinwr Avenue Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8NE
Received 27 Jul 201113 Erw Ifan Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Yh
Received 6 Jul 200727 Station Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6EP
Received 16 Dec 202221 Philadelphia Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DP
Received 25 Aug 2009Poultry Farm Cildaudy Road Coytrahen CF32 0DL
Received 10 Oct 2019Warren Hill Bryn Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AE
Received 9 Feb 2015Land adjacent to Brodawel Laleston CF32 0NR
Received 3 May 20184 Oak Terrace Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Dy
Received 16 Jul 2004Plot 17 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 12 Aug 201613 Nant Yr Adar Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4TY
Received 26 Sept 2011Plot Land Adj 3 Crown Row Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Lg
Received 15 Mar 20065 St Michaels Way Brackla CF31 2BT
Received 22 Sept 202037 Underwood Place Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LR
Received 24 Feb 2009Rear Of 38-42 Oakfield Tce Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Ss
Received 28 Jun 2005Former Stores Garn Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AT
Received 8 Feb 2013Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 11 Jul 2019Records 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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