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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 St Davids Way Porthcawl Cf36 5Hb
Received 15 Oct 2004Land east of Pencoed Rhondda Cynon Taf
Received 24 Apr 2026Pencoed House Farm Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LP
Received 11 Oct 201328 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 13 Mar 2019The Lymes Fenwick Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Lb
Received 12 Jun 20061 Heol Cae Glas Ynysawdre Bridgend Cf32 9Er
Received 5 Apr 2004Building Plot Rear Hillcrest Penybryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Ht
Received 30 Jun 200627 Island Farm Close Bridgend CF31 3LY
Received 4 Aug 2014Bryngarw Park Brynmenyn CF32 8UU
Received 3 Dec 201918 Pen Y Fro Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JG
Received 3 Oct 202424 Park View Maesteg Cf34 9Hf
Received 7 Dec 20064 Coleridge Close Cefn Glas CF31 4QB
Received 17 May 2023118 Wood Green Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4DY
Received 18 May 2022Land to side of 13 Reynallt Place South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DR
Received 4 May 202213 Cymmer Road Maesteg CF34 0YR
Received 3 Feb 2021Haul Fryn Ffordd Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bs
Received 1 Mar 200410 Curlew Close Nottage, Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Qb
Received 6 Aug 2003Preswylfa House Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8RD
Received 13 Jan 202010 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 20 Nov 2006Sweet Lil Treats Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8PW
Received 1 Dec 2020Plot 1 and Plot 2 Former Gwalia Buildings Commercial Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7BL
Received 3 Dec 20208 Island Farm Close, Bridgend Cf31 3Ly
Received 24 Jun 200563 Alexandra Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HB
Received 30 Apr 201215 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl
Received 7 Feb 2005Records 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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