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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EH
Received 20 Mar 201747 South View Kenfig Hill CF33 6DG
Received 6 Oct 2023Rear garden of 13 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EG
Received 7 Jan 2020161 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RT
Received 4 Feb 2020Parc Derwen - Land Parcel R14
Received 6 Nov 201221 Caeau Duon Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SW
Received 8 Dec 200886 Glanffornwg Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RJ
Received 12 Jan 200911 Coed Park Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 6 Jun 201842 Lletai Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PW
Received 4 Dec 2012Gwynfa Bettws Road Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 23 Apr 20186 Rhiw Glyn Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ar
Received 17 Feb 200511 The Quadrangle Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NR
Received 8 Apr 20222 Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Dj
Received 28 Feb 200636 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 3 Jun 200914 Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LY
Received 10 Apr 2014Moriah Chapel Station Road Llangynwyd CF34 9TF
Received 6 Sept 2019167 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend Cf31 4Td
Received 15 May 2006Land adjacent to 12 Heol Tre Dwr Heol Tre Dwr Waterton Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 29 Dec 2025Newton Allotments Off Church Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PD
Received 1 Sept 2011Llangynwyd playing fields and pavilion Maesteg Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SN
Received 12 Jul 2023Mount Pleasant Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 25 Jan 2024Land Adj Tre Ethwil Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0BA
Received 18 Feb 2009Sycamore Cottage Bryn Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AE
Received 14 Jun 201280 Pendre Bridgend Cf31 1Pe
Received 17 Aug 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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