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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Porthcawl Town beach Adj The Promenade Porthcawl
Received 17 Jan 201754 Cefn Glas Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 30 Oct 2013Pandy Park Terfyn Ynysawdre CF32 9EN
Received 18 Apr 20131 Greenways Maesteg Park Maesteg Cf34 9Nl
Received 21 Sept 2004128 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HA
Received 15 Jun 20112A Philip Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Dh
Received 3 Jul 200713 Celtic View Litchard CF31 1YG
Received 18 Jul 2023Tyr-Ardd Day Centre Sunnyside Bridgend Cf31 4Ad
Received 22 Oct 2003Land at Howell Street Nantymoel CF32 7RE
Received 4 Dec 2017New House Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0ND
Received 12 Oct 2010The Mount 7 Clevis Hill Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NT
Received 6 Oct 201138 Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Ra
Received 4 May 2004Rear of 82 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 9 Oct 202421A Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 5 Dec 200810 Turberville Crescent Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qt
Received 20 Sept 200521 Beech Grove Porthcawl Cf36 5Dp
Received 25 Sept 2006103A Bethania Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ex
Received 2 Apr 200432 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 8 Oct 20096 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Na
Received 27 Apr 2004Plot north of former Bethany Chapel Hermon Road Maesteg CF34 0SU
Received 20 Apr 202037 Blackmill Road Bryncethin CF32 9YN
Received 24 Feb 2021Land At Willowturf Court Sarn Bridgend CF32 9PX
Received 18 Nov 200812 Woodland Terrace Pantyrawel Bridgend CF32 7LB
Received 16 Oct 20134 Millfield Bridgend CF31 4JG
Received 8 Mar 2022Records 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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