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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Foxfields Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JL
Received 28 Nov 2008The Kymin 6 Clevis Hill Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NT
Received 26 Sept 201245 Waunbant Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DE
Received 11 Oct 201111 Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5PY
Received 17 Dec 201436 Bryn Rhedyn Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TL
Received 30 Jan 200895 Underwood Place Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LS
Received 2 Sept 2009Grove Farm A4229 Bypass Nottage Porthcawl CF33 4RP
Received 7 Jan 2019Land At Bridgend Ind Est, Bridgend
Received 29 Oct 2014Land At Brynllefrith Farm Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Ta
Received 24 Aug 200741 Maes Tanrallt Brackla CF31 2LR
Received 27 Jun 2023Enterprise Rent A Car David Street Nathaniel Car Sales Site Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SA
Received 25 Mar 2014Rear Of Heol Ffaldau Brackla Ind. Est. Bridgend
Received 28 Sept 200473 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PU
Received 15 Aug 2017Land Rear Of 34 - 52 (Even) Minffrwd Rd & 4 - 9 Clos Penglyn Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sd
Received 27 Jul 200739 North Avenue Kenfig Hill CF33 6ND
Received 13 Aug 2019Land Adj To Tynewydd Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0An
Received 16 Aug 200546-48 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JB
Received 9 Jan 20121St & 2Nd Flr Offices 38-40 Nolton St Bridgend CF31 3BN
Received 15 Jul 2010St Clares School Clevis Lane Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 3 Dec 201824 Jenkin Street Bridgend CF31 3AN
Received 28 Sept 2015West Park Primary School West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 5 Aug 20246 Llys Bronwydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AL
Received 13 Aug 2007Tanma Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 8 Dec 2016The Pant Yr Awel Blackmill Road Bridgend Cf32 7Hu
Received 31 May 2005Records 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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