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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
13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LY
Received 26 Aug 2014The Cube Land adjoining The Parc Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 24 Jul 2025Ty Bryn Hillside Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7Lj
Received 2 Jun 2006Former Boxing Gym Albert Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EB
Received 24 Jan 20128 Maes Yr Ysgol Kenfig Hill CF33 6DQ
Received 24 Nov 202011 Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DE
Received 3 Oct 20072 South Place Bridgend CF31 3AW
Received 31 Oct 2013Land At Dan Yr Eglwys (Ty Newydd Farm) Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TJ
Received 8 Feb 2012Garage site west of Hafan y Bryn Cefn Glas CF31 4RL
Received 13 Aug 2019Land R/O The Seabank Hotel The Green Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LU
Received 31 Aug 2010Land Adj. 44 Ysbryd-Y-Coed Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gf
Received 5 Jul 2006St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 6 Aug 2019South Road (Jackson Cars Ltd) Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Ul
Received 18 Jun 20076 Kenfig Mews Kenfig Hill CF33 6FG
Received 19 Dec 2016New Road Court Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 10 Aug 20164 New Cottages Pen-y-fai Bridgend CF31 4LX
Received 20 Mar 20236 Parc Rhosyn Maesteg CF34 9GX
Received 12 Oct 201815 South Place Porthcawl CF36 3DB
Received 6 Nov 201548 High View Bridgend CF31 1TL
Received 1 Mar 2011Mead House Nottage Mead Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 9 Apr 201315 Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 27 Sept 2007Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1RQ
Received 20 Apr 201710 Heol Y Cwrt, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4AX
Received 19 Feb 202416 Glanogwr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PF
Received 31 Mar 2025Records 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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