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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
13,844 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Kenfig Pool Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PT
Received 3 Jan 2024Foxhollow Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AT
Received 18 Jul 202241 Ynysteg Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EU
Received 21 Sept 2012Orchard Cottage Church Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NP
Received 6 Oct 200816 Aneurin Bevans Way Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SX
Received 17 Mar 200921 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 30 Jul 2008Plot 4 Land South Of 26 Glyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7As
Received 17 Nov 2006Broadland House Broadlands Estate Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 29 Apr 2021The Cherry Laurel Banks Building Access Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3RY
Received 6 Dec 201860 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Eb
Received 6 Jan 200546 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Az
Received 10 Feb 2004Megasave Superstore 46 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 25 Sept 20172 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 2 Nov 20054 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NS
Received 27 May 2010Jubilee Farm Jubilee Gardens Pyle Road Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 23 Jul 20106 Crud Yr Awel Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gh
Received 26 May 200522 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend
Received 12 Sept 20031 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 10 Jan 20118 Easterley Close Brackla CF31 2NA
Received 28 Nov 2017Land rear of Kings Terrace Maesteg CF34 0HD
Received 30 Apr 2020Plot No. 3 Llynfi Court Maesteg
Received 17 Jan 200536 Westward Place Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 26 Feb 202032 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Dn
Received 19 Aug 20032 Fairplace Close Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BY
Received 9 Feb 2018Records 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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