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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
14,208 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vacant Plot Federation Lane Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LQ
Received 13 May 2011Land at & adj Gwalia House Duffryn Road Maesteg CF34 0SS
Received 9 Mar 201816 Cae Talcen Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rp
Received 17 Mar 2005Area A10/A17 Broadlands Bridgend
Received 30 Oct 20039 Clos Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GD
Received 18 Apr 20116 The Croft Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Rl
Received 25 Mar 200448 Kings Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HD
Received 25 May 20161 Brynffrwd Close Coychurch CF35 5EP
Received 7 Nov 2016Land Adj 190 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dg
Received 24 May 2005Monumental Sculptors Coity Road Bridgend Cf31 1Lr
Received 16 Dec 2003Rear of 79 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 19 Sept 2017Tir Hir Rogers Lane Cefn Cribwr CF32 0EU
Received 10 Dec 20146 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6AJ
Received 2 Feb 2010Apple Acre, Main Road, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5HN
Received 7 Oct 2026Graigwen Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PU
Received 21 Aug 201228 Adrian Close Porthcawl CF36 3LX
Received 24 Aug 20209 Brynffrwd Close, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5EP
Received 12 Feb 202511 Caer Cynffig North Cornelly CF33 4NE
Received 21 Nov 201627 Clos Tan Y Fron Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BY
Received 5 Jun 2008The Cottages 3 Maddocks Place Bridgend CF31 3BS
Received 18 Oct 2013Sunnybank Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4QP
Received 10 Jun 20145 Litchard Hill Bridgend CF31 1QQ
Received 10 May 2024North of Bryn Cottage Bryn Road Coychurch Bridgend CF35 6AE
Received 6 Jul 2021Tynycoed Fountain Road Aberkenfig
Received 26 Aug 2003Records 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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