Understanding planning · 13 min read
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14,118 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
5 Spoonbill Close Porthcawl CF36 3UR
Received 29 Aug 201380 Bridgend Road Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Na
Received 7 Apr 2006Plot 20 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 14 May 2018Land At The Stables (Gilfach Orfydd) Dimbath Lane Blackmill CF35 6EG
Received 21 Feb 20141 Joslin Terrace Bridgend CF35 6BB
Received 12 Nov 2013Land At Moor Lane Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 2 Aug 2013Mount Pleasant Farm Pyle Bridgend CF33 4RR
Received 25 Mar 2014Sea Outfall Off West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 8 Jul 2008Cilmeri Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF31 1RD
Received 18 Aug 20093 Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DJ
Received 3 Nov 2009Land At Merlin Cr. & Llangewydd Rd Bryntirion Bridgend Cf31 4Ju
Received 28 Feb 200737a Sker Walk Porthcawl CF36 3RA
Received 28 Feb 2022Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl CF36 3YR
Received 26 Sept 201612 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend Cf31 3En
Received 21 Jan 2005Rose Dale Cottage Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Ly
Received 6 Jan 2005Maison De Priere (former Methodist Chapel) Graig Terrace Blackmill CF35 6DT
Received 30 Jan 2023Plot 2 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LL
Received 8 Jun 20184 Station Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HR
Received 23 Sept 2024104A Rowans Lane, Bryncethin, Bridgend, CF32 9LZ
Received 30 Jul 202519 Ffridd Las Broadlands CF31 5AF
Received 29 Sept 201410 Cae Bryn Terrace Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HN
Received 23 Dec 2011Tesco Stores Limited Brewery Lane Bridgend Cf31 4Ap
Received 17 Oct 2006145 Ffordd Y Parc Litchard Bridgend Cf32 7Bb
Received 5 Dec 200536 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 15 Jul 2005Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage