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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
13,071 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of The Oystercatcher 47 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 1 Sept 2015Land Rear Of 89/90 High Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0BP
Received 8 Jul 2014Chapel Barn, Merthyr Mawr Road, Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 13 Mar 2026Lidl Distribution Warehouse Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PH
Received 22 Dec 2022Rushmere 24 Heol Ton Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PS
Received 23 Feb 202191 Mill View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DE
Received 6 Jun 2011Ael-Y-Don Ty-Fry Road, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, CF32 0BB
Received 26 Jun 20264 Penybryn Bungalows Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Rf
Received 13 Aug 200368 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 16 Jul 200418 The Woodlands Brackla CF31 2JF
Received 21 Sept 201814 Cardigan Terrace Nantymoel Cf32 7Nh
Received 22 Aug 2006Natwest Bank 28 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1En
Received 30 Aug 200533 Onslow Terrace Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HW
Received 23 Apr 201316 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DN
Received 3 Mar 200858 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SU
Received 22 Oct 2007Westwood Broadlands Bridgend CF32 0NS
Received 4 Apr 200824A Greenmeadow Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0BJ
Received 15 Jul 20117 Garnwen Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0EY
Received 5 Aug 20106 Blundell Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3YY
Received 11 Oct 202370 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 29 Jul 20211 Hilary Way Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Se
Received 4 Oct 200538 Dinam Street Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Pu
Received 10 Feb 2006Land Adj To Court Terrace Cwm Ffoes Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0By
Received 5 Apr 2007Swansea Bay
Received 29 Jan 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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