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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12,781 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
HMP Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity CF35 6AP
Received 9 Jul 202529 Union Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Bg
Received 22 Apr 2004Myrtle Grove South Parade Maesteg CF34 0AB
Received 25 Sept 201558 Bryn Rhedyn Pencoed Bridgend
Received 10 Mar 20052 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 11 Sept 2019Land to the east of Dryslwyn Bryngarn Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NE
Received 18 Oct 202129 Davies Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NW
Received 21 May 2007Co-Op Food Store Pyle Cross Pyle Bridgend
Received 17 Nov 2008Sea View Farm Pyle Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 20 Jan 2016122 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RN
Received 17 Jul 2012Land Adj 28 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NF
Received 27 Jun 2008YGG Calon y Cymoedd (Formerly YGG Cwm Garw School) Hill View Pontycymmer CF32 8LU
Received 26 Nov 20186 Locks Court Porthcawl CF36 3JJ
Received 28 Jun 2024Mead House Nottage Mead Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SA
Received 24 Aug 201216 Rockfields Porthcawl CF36 3NS
Received 29 Jul 2020Garth Primary School Mission Road Maesteg CF34 0ND
Received 20 Aug 2015Danygraig Farm Caravan Park South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RA
Received 15 Jan 20131 Cypress Court Park Avenue Ogmore Vale CF32 7DH
Received 11 Apr 2016Llwydarth Farm (Barn) Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HB
Received 12 Nov 20077 Wimbourne Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SH
Received 4 Jul 2013Tree rear of 91 Parc Tyn y Waun Maesteg CF34 9RH
Received 4 May 20208 Parkfields Road Bridgend CF31 4BH
Received 6 Aug 2013Switch gear room adj to 56 Llys Faen Bridgend CF31 1LA
Received 3 Dec 2020Fernhollows Glynogwr Blackmill CF35 6EL
Received 14 Nov 2014Records 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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