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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
12,972 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
53 Ael y Bryn North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4NU
Received 12 Jul 20233 Westfield Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Hh
Received 29 Nov 200645 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9He
Received 19 Nov 2003The Former Council School adjacent Heol Dewi Sant Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 15 Oct 2021Land At Maes Gwair Cefn Glas CF31 4QG
Received 29 Oct 2014Parcel R4-2 Parc Derwen Bridgend
Received 19 Nov 201237 Tymeinwr Avenue Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8NE
Received 28 Oct 201314 Sibrwd Y Dail Cavendish Park Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gb
Received 11 Aug 2006Units 2010 & 2130 Central Park Western Ave Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RT
Received 3 Sept 2014Rear garden of West Cottage 6 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 27 Mar 2019Land At Tythegston Close Nottage Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HJ
Received 9 Mar 201013 Curlew Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3QA
Received 12 Feb 202661 Long Acre Drive Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sb
Received 20 May 200518 Wyndham Street Bridgend Mid Glamorgan CF31 1EQ
Received 24 Jun 201112 Crown Row Maesteg CF34 0LG
Received 6 Jul 2020Woolworths Plc 138 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Dp
Received 31 Oct 200649 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AN
Received 12 Nov 20213 Ffynnon Groyw Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AR
Received 10 Dec 201816 Pen y Fro Pencoed CF35 6JG
Received 15 Oct 20212 Lower Farm Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0ND
Received 30 Mar 20119 Austin Avenue Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Lg
Received 12 Aug 2005Lime Kiln Woods Off Princess Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2QD
Received 3 Aug 2011Woodlands The Derwen Bridgend Cf35 6Hd
Received 28 Jul 20047 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3NY
Received 7 Mar 2013Records 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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