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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
14,027 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Glan Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Tg
Received 6 Oct 2005Land Adj To 37 Sker Walk Porthcawl Cf36 3Ra
Received 7 Sept 200411a Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1BX
Received 4 Mar 201911 Ffordd Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EQ
Received 6 Aug 20081 Verland Way Pencoed CF35 6TY
Received 15 Jul 202420 Highland Close Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Sb
Received 2 Jul 200723 Ffordd Antwn Tondu Bridgend CF32 9GD
Received 24 May 201681 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JX
Received 7 Aug 201492 John Street Porthcawl
Received 3 Sept 200392 Maple Drive Brackla CF31 2PR
Received 21 Jul 20218 Meadow Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HH
Received 15 Feb 2008Jennings Buildings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 16 Sept 2015Aber Infants School Fern Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AR
Received 10 Aug 20158 St Michaels Way Brackla CF31 2BE
Received 17 Oct 2017Barn At Tal Y Coed Heol Y Las Coity Bridgend CF35 6BS
Received 22 Jul 200818 Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DA
Received 29 Jun 201595 Bishopswood Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LZ
Received 7 Jul 201115 Gelli Goch Coity CF35 6AW
Received 14 Feb 20206 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LG
Received 3 Jun 201034 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 17 Nov 20223 Bryn Gors Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HR
Received 2 May 2007Plot Rear Of Oakfield Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend CF32 9PA
Received 10 Apr 200868 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 9 Apr 2014Leyshon Flint & Sons Penyfai Service Station Penyfai CF31 4LL
Received 22 Jun 2016Records 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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