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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
13,766 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 School Road, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6DT
Received 7 Aug 202610 Larch Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AQ
Received 19 Feb 20088 Cae Cenydd Brackla CF31 2ES
Received 18 Jun 202011 Bryndu Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HB
Received 11 Jul 2017Foxtroy 25 Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 8 Jun 2017Land To R/O 27 Westend Ave Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ne
Received 15 Jun 2005R/O 26 Talbot St/ Llynfi Lane Maesteg Cf34 9Db
Received 9 Sept 2005Springfield Bungalow Coity Bridgend CF35 6BE
Received 18 Jan 2008Land to east of 8 Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill CF35 6EA
Received 24 Dec 2020Trecco Bay Holiday Park Trecco Bay Porthcawl CF36 5NG
Received 9 Jul 200881B Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RR
Received 12 Aug 200923 St Georges Avenue Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RS
Received 22 Oct 20108 Heol West Plas Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PA
Received 29 Jun 2009Plot 53 Mallards Reach Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 27 Jun 2016Home Farm Coytrahen CF32 8YS
Received 29 Mar 20149 St Davids Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HB
Received 6 May 2009The Coach House Bryn Bedw Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7NR
Received 16 May 2012196 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BH
Received 12 Sept 2014Glamorgan Holiday Hotel The Square Porthcawl Cf36 3Bw
Received 14 Jun 2005Plot 33 Locks Common Porthcawl Cf36 3Hu
Received 26 Sept 2005Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 18 Apr 201316 Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 24 Aug 2011Georgia Pacific Gb Ltd Bridgend Paper Mills Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9RS
Received 22 Jan 201311 Nant Ffornwg Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Ts
Received 23 Dec 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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