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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13,071 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 Maple Drive Brackla CF31 2PR
Received 20 Oct 20148 Well Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3BE
Received 11 Mar 201468 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Bu
Received 12 Apr 200551 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JG
Received 13 Dec 202378 Ewenny Road Bridgend Cf31 3Le
Received 10 Mar 2005Garw Valley Leisure Centre Pontycymmer CF32 8ES
Received 14 Feb 2023Longacre Court Colman Bridgend CF32 0HD
Received 15 Jun 2009West Farm House Lougher Row Porthcawl CF36 3SY
Received 18 May 2009Opal Den 79 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9BA
Received 17 Dec 2021Pencoed College Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LG
Received 16 Oct 2009Plot 5 Andrews Close Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend Cf32
Received 25 Sept 200325 Penyrallt Avenue Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QG
Received 22 Apr 200946 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QW
Received 19 Apr 20216 Llewellyn Street Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7RF
Received 13 Aug 2014Tesco Store Brewery Lane Bridgend CF31 4AP
Received 5 Dec 2007Land to the rear of Waunscil Avenue Bridgend
Received 30 Jan 20173 Caer Cymrig Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0JD
Received 16 Feb 2007Unit 43 Bryn Road Tondu Enterprise Park Tondu CF32 9BS
Received 10 Nov 2011Builders Yard Ewenny Road Maesteg
Received 7 Feb 2005Old Grange Coke Ovens, Corus, Margam Works, Port Talbot
Received 12 Jan 2005Former Bridgend Magistrates Court Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 13 Jun 2018Land Adj 59 North Vale View Nantymoel CF32 7PB
Received 18 Jun 201438 Oddfellows Street Bridgend CF31 1TA
Received 29 Oct 2020Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Rest Bay Porthcawl Cf36 3Uw
Received 12 Apr 2006Records 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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