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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Units 2,3&4 South Cornelly Ind Est Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Re
Received 1 Aug 200574 West Park Drive, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3RL
Received 11 Jun 2026Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Bl
Received 30 Sept 2003Parcau Isaf Farm Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NB
Received 8 Feb 20176 Heol Y Foelas Bridgend CF31 4RR
Received 21 May 2007Grand Pavilion Esplanade Porthcawl CF36 3YW
Received 7 Jun 2024Rear 67 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 5 Sept 2011Site Of 270/270A New Road, Porthcawl, CF36 5DQ
Received 16 Oct 2015Laundry Cottage Penyfai Road Court Colman CF31 4NG
Received 15 Jan 2018Celfydd Ifan Farm Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Ue
Received 8 May 20061 - 4 Greenfields Lane Heol Y Cyw CF35 6GB
Received 8 Nov 2018Riversdale House Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 16 Apr 2010Land Opposite 12/13 Garnwen Road, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg
Received 10 May 2010Cgi Waterton Moor Road Waterton Ind Estate Bridgend CF31 3TR
Received 6 Mar 2014Bayview Heol Canola Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Ts
Received 17 May 200524 Meadow Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DG
Received 28 Sept 2007Ty Isaf Farm Shwt Bridgend CF32 8UD
Received 7 Jan 2021Scrumptious 22 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 11 Sept 20122 Potters Green Sarn Bridgend CF32 9HJ
Received 27 Jan 2009Plot adjacent to 29 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg CF34 9LP
Received 27 Jun 202348/51 Chilcott Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9RQ
Received 20 Sept 2018Unit 2 Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend
Received 1 Nov 200426 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 20 Feb 2014113 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qh
Received 4 Jun 2004Records 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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