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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 15 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NH
Received 21 Nov 201667 St Michaels Way Brackla CF31 2BT
Received 28 Jul 2020Plot 25 Abergarw Meadow Abergarw CF32 8YG
Received 16 Jun 2023Aberbaiden Tips Nr Pen Y Bryn Margam
Received 12 Oct 20093 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PD
Received 25 Feb 20141 Hill View Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jw
Received 2 Feb 2007Land adjacent to Old Stormy Down Quarry Heol-y-Splot Pyle CF33 4RS
Received 7 Mar 2024Coychurch Crematorium Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AB
Received 10 Mar 20207 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nx
Received 29 Mar 20062 Caldy Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QL
Received 23 Nov 201112 Priory Close Bridgend Cf31 3Lw
Received 10 Apr 200615 Clos Cornelius South Cornelly CF33 4RQ
Received 5 May 2016Ty Dan Yr Eglwys 1 Dan Yr Eglwys Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Tj
Received 5 Nov 2003Ein-Ty Off Suffolk Place Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ds
Received 27 Jun 20078 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HS
Received 22 Feb 200839 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EU
Received 19 Jun 2013Land rear of 66-68 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AP
Received 7 Nov 2017R/O 88 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Bb
Received 12 May 20061 Cwrt Pant yr Awel Lewistown Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7HW
Received 3 Oct 202259 Heol Fach North Cornelly Cf33 4Ln
Received 28 Oct 2004Wyndham Arms Hotel Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1JE
Received 14 Jun 2024Rear of 11 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 4JG
Received 17 May 2018Greenmeadow Inn Greenmeadow Terrace Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8PD
Received 9 May 20125 St James Park Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NP
Received 5 Sept 2011Records 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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