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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
13,123 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
11 Woodland Place North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ew
Received 22 Jan 200464 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JS
Received 28 Mar 201833 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 26 Jun 2019Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3SB
Received 12 Dec 2011Oakfield Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Pa
Received 24 Aug 20072 Moel Gilau Bettws CF32 8UH
Received 19 Oct 2018Nantyffyllon Rfc Blosse Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0HD
Received 11 Sept 2014Entrances to Heol y Cyw
Received 26 Jan 202228 Heol Y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 24 Aug 2018Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 12 Nov 202026 Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AJ
Received 22 Jul 2024The Old House Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 3 Nov 2020Bryngarw Mill 4 Abergarw Drive New Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 7 Nov 20241 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HD
Received 24 Feb 2021The Old Vicarage Dimbath Lane Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 4 Mar 20132 Mackworth Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BP
Received 13 Mar 20085B Heol Castell Coety Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pu
Received 18 Mar 200513 St Patricks Drive Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Rp
Received 18 Aug 200521 Mount Earl Bridgend CF31 3EY
Received 5 Mar 202015 Heather Close Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SD
Received 19 Oct 2012Duffryn Oaks Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 14 Feb 2005Emw South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3UL
Received 6 Jan 2014Cheapside Bridgend Cf31 3Ag
Received 12 Mar 200712 Y Wern Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Rr
Received 14 Mar 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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