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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Lower Waun Davy Heol Llan, Coity, Bridgend
Received 19 Mar 20048 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 16 Jan 2009Williams Memorial Hall Main Road Coychurch CF35 5HB
Received 15 Oct 2020Llwyn Y Celyn Bryncoch Bridgend CF32 9YR
Received 1 May 2007Coytrahen Hotel 115 Bethania Street Maesteg Cf34 9Pj
Received 6 Sept 200634 Newbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 3PB
Received 12 Aug 2020Land East of A4061 (BNDR) Coity
Received 6 Sept 2016141 Highfields Brackla CF31 2PE
Received 25 Sept 202413 Katie Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8AB
Received 13 Feb 200823 Yr Ysfa Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AG
Received 7 Oct 2008Rear Of 5 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JF
Received 22 Apr 20086 Bayliss Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9NX
Received 7 Mar 200836 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 5 Jun 2017Greenwood Services Ltd Grove Quarry South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RB
Received 3 Jul 2008Plot 105, Coed Parc Court, Maesteg Cf34 9Dr
Received 9 Jun 200512 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 14 Sept 200916 Maes Y Crug Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DD
Received 14 Jun 2011Greyfriars 16 West Drive Porthcawl CF36 3LS
Received 1 Jul 201559 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 30 Jun 201510 Lindsay Close Pencoed CF35 6TR
Received 18 Jul 20193/5 & 7/9 Cross St Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rw
Received 8 Jan 2004Compton House 20 Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6SS
Received 17 Oct 20183 Hawthorn Place Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5As
Received 21 Jul 200514 Minerva Street Bridgend CF31 1TD
Received 31 Oct 2007Records 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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