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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Beech Road, Pontyrhyl, Pontycymmer, CF32 8AJ
Received 23 Mar 2007The Wilderness Lake Heol Y Goedwig Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 19 Feb 201636 Brynawel, Bettws, CF32 8SA
Received 8 May 2007Plot ajacent to 12 Monks Close Pyle CF33 6LF
Received 16 Dec 20203 The Woodlands Brackla CF31 2JF
Received 25 Aug 202035 Lime Tree Way Porthcawl CF36 5AU
Received 7 Jun 202175 Alma Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AW
Received 15 Aug 2012Entrance to Village Court Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BX
Received 7 Aug 202012 Clos Y Deri Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PR
Received 6 Mar 20081B Llan Road Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Hn
Received 19 Mar 2004St Illtyds Church Newcastle Hill Bridgend
Received 27 Apr 2018The Co-Operative Food Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 23 Oct 202329-31 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend
Received 9 Nov 2004Garden Of The Cottage Coychurch CF35 5HD
Received 8 May 200734 Moorlands Road Bridgend CF31 3DR
Received 23 May 200823 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend CF31 3BB
Received 31 Jul 202444 Eustace Drive Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9PJ
Received 21 Jun 2012Former Coity Primary School Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 28 Feb 2017Llynfi Court Off Llynfi Lane Bridgend CF31 1SU
Received 17 Nov 201167 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HR
Received 27 Feb 200923 Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 6 Feb 2012Ty Dan Yr Eglwys 1 Dan Yr Eglwys Betws Bridgend Cf32 8Tj
Received 13 Mar 2007Land Adjacent 16 Trem Y Mor Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ha
Received 18 May 200411 Bryn Dryslwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BT
Received 27 Oct 2016Records 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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