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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
14,283 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Glannant Road Cefn Glas CF31 4HR
Received 7 Mar 201919 Fairmeadows Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Jl
Received 12 Oct 200527 Clos Pwll Clai Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BZ
Received 16 Dec 20215 Caedu Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7DR
Received 14 Apr 20222 Bryngolau Bridgend Cf31 4Dd
Received 20 Feb 200613 Ger y Coed Brackla CF31 2LA
Received 24 Feb 2017The Yard Rogers Lane Cefn Cribwr CF32 0EU
Received 9 Jun 202079 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bj
Received 16 May 200526 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 29 Dec 20031 St Christophers Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RU
Received 7 Oct 200819 Cemetery Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Hr
Received 31 Mar 20065 Llwyn Coch Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Bj
Received 5 Apr 20049 Juniper Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BX
Received 5 Mar 2008Four Winds 17 Hillcrest Penyfai CF31 4NL
Received 30 Apr 2020Land Off Heol Eglwys Bridgend CF31 4LX
Received 7 Jan 2016Jewson Kingsway Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RY
Received 7 Feb 20253 Aberfields View Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SJ
Received 17 May 2011Unit 4 Raven Close Bridgend Ind Est Bridgend
Received 16 Apr 200472 Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3NR
Received 1 Apr 202560 Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 8 Mar 2005Litchard Primary School Heol Y Groes Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QB
Received 4 May 20104 Laleston Court Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HG
Received 15 Oct 2015Trafalgar Wood (Ref W10) South Place Porthcawl
Received 17 Dec 2003Ogmore Park Playing Fields Bridge Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AL
Received 28 Jun 2021Records 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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