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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13,766 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Heol Pentre Maesteg Cf34 9Nf
Received 14 Mar 2006Land At Derllwyn House Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DL
Received 8 Apr 2011Lorne Stewart Building Brackla Street Bridgend
Received 8 Dec 2004Dolgarrog Suffolk Place Ogmore Vale CF32 7DS
Received 23 Feb 2017St Aidans, Bryneglwys Avenue, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5NN
Received 26 Mar 2025Land south of the Angel Inn Mawdlam CF33 4PG
Received 22 Mar 2019Ty Newydd 300 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 21 Jan 201015 Austin Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SN
Received 28 Apr 2008Fairways Hotel West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LS
Received 20 Jan 20122 Ffordd Yr Hen Gae, Bocam Park, Pencoed, Bridgend Cf35 5Lj
Received 28 Feb 2005Stormy West Landfill site Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 6 Dec 2016The Wintles Maes Glas Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AL
Received 8 Oct 20081 Graig Row Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 14 Aug 2003119 King Edward Street Blaengarw CF32 8NG
Received 15 Sept 2020Land At Ty Bryn Terrace Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 13 Jan 2005Lane to rear of 7 Y Lan Penprysg Pencoed CF35 6SA
Received 10 Mar 202543 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hf
Received 17 Jul 200612 Glan Y Llyn North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EF
Received 1 Jul 2011Rear of 34 Tre Newydd Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EZ
Received 11 Oct 2024Unit 6a Ewenny Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3EX
Received 5 Aug 202624 Pandy Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PP
Received 4 Jul 2011Land west of Broadlands Housing Estate Off A48 Bridgend
Received 11 Feb 2021West View 22 Springfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LB
Received 9 Jan 2017Marlas Farm (Bellway Devel.) North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Pe
Received 31 Mar 2006Records 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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