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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
12,880 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Coach House, 7 St Christophers Court, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6DB
Received 3 Feb 2025Unit 2, Technology Drive Bridgend Science Park Ewenny Road Bridgend Cf31 3Na
Received 23 Jan 2007Toyota World Trews Field Industrial Estate Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Lh
Received 17 Mar 2006Maes Llan, Eithen Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3BX
Received 23 Jul 2025Ty Coed, Moelgilau Lane Betws Bridgend Cf32 8Uh
Received 7 Feb 200629 Wigan Terrace Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Ye
Received 15 Mar 2005Bethel Baptist Church High Street Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hp
Received 9 Feb 200798 Yr Ysfa, Maesteg, CF34 9BE
Received 14 Jul 2025The Old Vicarage High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dr
Received 20 Nov 200617 Aldenham Road Porthcawl CF36 5PG
Received 15 Feb 20187 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RF
Received 13 May 2008Kenfig National Nature Reserve Kenfig CF33 4PT
Received 16 Aug 2021Cae Court Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NL
Received 3 Sept 201013 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PR
Received 6 Feb 200818 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PR
Received 1 Apr 20116 Davis Avenue, Bryncethin, Bridgend, CF32 9JJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Mynydd Penygraig Penygraig Rhondda Cynon Taf
Received 14 Jul 201514 Chantal Avenue Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nn
Received 11 Nov 2003Waterton House Waterton Cross Bridgend CF31 3EX
Received 19 Aug 2010Unit 11 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF32 6EJ
Received 16 Jun 2026Plot 65 Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 25 Jan 2018Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AX
Received 20 Dec 202429 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EB
Received 17 May 2007Brynrhug Farm Cwmdu Road Maesteg CF34 0DL
Received 2 Dec 2019Records 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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