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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cheltenham Road Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 27 Apr 200527 Nottage Mead Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sa
Received 2 Jan 2007Parc Tyn Y Coed (Phases 2 & 3) Sarn Bridgend
Received 26 Jan 2011107 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 13 May 201082 Davis Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Jl
Received 8 Jul 2004Peter Alan Ltd 22 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 18 Jun 201410 Juniper Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BX
Received 9 Mar 2010Mid Glamorgan Dental Laboratory Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5PU
Received 10 Dec 201433 St Marys View Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HL
Received 5 Jul 201614 Northways Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LB
Received 19 Jan 200920 Cae Garn Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Ld
Received 15 Dec 2003Canaan Independent Chapel St Michaels Road Maesteg CF34 9PA
Received 19 Dec 2019Former Maengwyn Service Station Hermon Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Su
Received 17 Nov 200628 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 18 May 2009Woodlands Derwen Bridgend CF35 6HD
Received 14 Jan 20132 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 8 Oct 20073 Tybryn Terrace Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Pt
Received 17 Feb 2005River View Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 16 May 2023Land At 53 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DG
Received 31 Jan 2008Kimble Electronics Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TY
Received 16 Jun 2014Garden of 14 St Cynwyds Avenue Maesteg CF34 9NR
Received 21 Jun 202110 Iestyn Drive Pencoed CF35 6SQ
Received 26 Feb 2021Old Abattoir Site Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AP
Received 23 Oct 2007Parc Farm Buildings Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 3 Oct 2017Records 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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