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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13,844 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maesteg Fire Station Coegnant Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 0Tw
Received 8 May 2006102 Maes Talcen Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Lq
Received 29 Mar 2004Land Between 39-48 Caerau Road Caerau Maesteg Bridgend
Received 13 Oct 2008Land rear 23 & 24 Bryn Glas Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AA
Received 26 Apr 2017Bethel Newydd Chapel High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 29 Aug 2012Maesteg Fire Station Heol Tywith Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0TW
Received 28 Jun 202113 Bridgend Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SW
Received 30 Oct 2014Y Nyth Coychurch Bridgend
Received 28 Dec 2005First & Second Floor 24A Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 23 Nov 2016Land at Church Street Rhiwceiliog Bridgend
Received 25 Jan 2017Kenfig Hill Exchange Ffald Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ad
Received 16 Jan 2006Land at Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 20 Feb 2019Unit 3 Welsh Designer Outlet Mcarthur Glen The Derwen Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Su
Received 11 Oct 20066 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DE
Received 19 Jun 2009Rockwool Wern Tarw Road Wern Tarw Pencoed CF35 6NY
Received 12 Feb 201931 Sker Walk Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ra
Received 24 Feb 2004Longacre Old Coachman's Lane Court Colman Bridgend CF32 0HD
Received 8 Oct 2018Land Off Brackla Way North Of Brackla Infants School Brackla Bridgend
Received 1 Mar 20107 Sunhill Park, Broadlands, Bridgend, CF31 5EP
Received 17 Jun 2026100 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 20 Feb 2017Coed Parc Library Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 24 Apr 2012Footway Verge Of B4622 Main Road Broadlands Bridgend
Received 2 Jun 2008134 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JT
Received 10 Jan 2011Land to the north of Brynna Road Brynna RCT
Received 3 Dec 2019Records 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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