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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
14,118 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Reynallt Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Dr
Received 19 May 2004Pwll Y Waun Lake Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl
Received 10 Feb 2012Land At Ewenny Roundabout Ewenny Road / Heol Yr Ynys Bridgend Cf31 3Ld
Received 3 Apr 2007Land at The Barn Smallholdings Lane Coity CF35 6BW
Received 20 Feb 2019Cwmfelin Primary School Maesteg Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LD
Received 31 Dec 2007Land Off Heol Faen Maesteg CF34 0JA
Received 5 Apr 2016The Toll House 1 Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 28 Jul 2014Nant Lais West House Road Bridgend CF31 4SD
Received 4 Aug 2014R/O 66 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend
Received 23 Sept 200366 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DF
Received 28 May 2012Arosfa 2 Heol West Plas Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PA
Received 27 Jun 2014Plot Adj. 9 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bh
Received 19 Dec 2003Cosy Corner Porthcawl Harbourside Porthcawl CF36 3YR
Received 20 Aug 2019Ty Tanglwyst Farm South Cornelly CF33 4FA
Received 22 May 2015Morris House South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 4 Sept 2003Plot 11 Abergarw Meadows Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LL
Received 22 Dec 2017Bridgend Railway Station Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1BN
Received 17 Jul 2018Pandy Park Pavilion Terfryn Ynysawdre Ynysawdre CF32 9EN
Received 27 Oct 20148 Bryn Celyn Lane Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LS
Received 20 Mar 20097 Crossfield Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3LA
Received 30 Jan 2025The Granary Manor Farm Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 18 Jun 2024Plot 16 Andrews Close Tondu Bridgend
Received 9 Dec 2004Plot 4 The Willows Off Ffordd Rhaglan Heol Y Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Ll
Received 20 Sept 200420 Westward Place Bryntirion CF31 4XA
Received 4 Jul 2022Records 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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