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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
13,927 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off New Street Pantygog Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8OP
Received 13 Dec 2011Broomfield House Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ae
Received 13 Jan 20042 Heol Onnen North Cornelly CF33 4DS
Received 14 Aug 20209 Cae Talcen Pencoed CF35 6RP
Received 20 Mar 20187 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Et
Received 3 Feb 200616 Coychurch Rd Bridgend Cf31 3Ap
Received 5 May 2006Westwinds Angelton Road Penyfai CF31 4LL
Received 27 Nov 20192 Padleys Close Maesteg CF34 0TX
Received 26 Jun 2020Plot 78 Parc Derllwyn Tondu Bridgend
Received 30 Apr 20047 Treharne Drive Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Nt
Received 29 Jul 200529 Duke Street Maesteg CF34 0LS
Received 7 Feb 201343 Garnwen Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0ET
Received 19 Mar 2012159 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 28 Oct 200827 Meadow Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hg
Received 15 Dec 2004Plot 3 Land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LH
Received 13 Sept 2018Land off Cwrt Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 27 May 201611 Willow Close Porthcawl CF36 5AB
Received 4 Aug 2010Pool Farm Ton Kenfig Bridgend Cf33 4Pt
Received 19 Aug 2004Llwyn Onn 49 Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YN
Received 13 Dec 201045a South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DG
Received 11 Jan 202215 Market Street, Bridgend, CF31 1LJ
Received 27 Jan 202652 Park View Maesteg
Received 30 Mar 20048 The Burrows Newton Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 3 Mar 2004The Old Shop Maiden Street Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9HP
Received 19 Jun 2025Records 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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