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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JW
Received 1 May 2007Plot 9 Village Farm Ind. Est. Pyle Bridgend
Received 16 Jan 2004Land East of Cwm Felin and South of Graig Terrace/Ebenezer Terrace, Blackmill
Received 23 Apr 202511 Pentwyn Road Pencoed CF35 6SB
Received 25 Oct 2017Former Playground Fountain Road Aberkenfig CF32 0EW
Received 5 Sept 2014Porthcawl Hotel 7-11 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 23 Jul 2024Land at Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 21 Aug 201984 Long Acre North Cornelly CF33 4BG
Received 15 Feb 2017Land between 63 Pendre & 21 Litchard Park Bridgend CF31 1PE
Received 26 Jan 2022Childrens Day Nursery George Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TS
Received 12 Sept 2011Land R/O Wellfield 10 Ty Merchant Pencoed
Received 11 Feb 2005Land At Ty Draw Farm Pyle
Received 21 Nov 2014Newbridge Farm, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PN
Received 18 May 202650 St Marie Street Bridgend CF31 3EE
Received 20 Sept 202225 Glan Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TG
Received 6 Feb 200923 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4BY
Received 1 Jun 2010Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AX
Received 27 Jun 2024Nolton Corner 4 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1DU
Received 16 Apr 202115 Caedu Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7DR
Received 16 Feb 200991 Bishopswood Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Lz
Received 13 Apr 2007Job Centre Plus Crown Buildings Angel Street Bridgend Cf31 4Aa
Received 3 May 200515 Y Coedlan Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9GD
Received 21 Jun 200711 Heol-Y-Graig Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PB
Received 23 Aug 20134 Kimberley Court Coychurch Road Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Aa
Received 3 Oct 2003Records 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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