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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13,123 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Nolton Street, Bridgend, CF31 1BX
Received 4 Feb 2026Specsavers 36 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EJ
Received 21 Apr 2009Paul Rogers Flooring Limited, Unit C Dunraven Business Park, Bridgend, CF31 3AP
Received 11 Aug 2025Land south of J Davey Builders Merchant Hendre Road Pencoed
Received 20 Feb 202331 Pen-yr-heol Pen-y-fai CF31 4ND
Received 17 Jun 2024Hugo Bank 13 West Drive Porthcawl CF36 3LS
Received 15 Sept 2016Lyndhurst 33 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 6 Nov 20178 Primrose Close, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2BS
Received 27 May 2025The Old Police Station John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 24 Jan 20175 Ffynon Y Maen Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Je
Received 12 May 200554 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5PR
Received 26 Jun 202311 Silurian Way Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Aq
Received 4 Mar 2005Nathanial Car Sales David Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 29 Jun 200473 Parkfields Road Bridgend CF31 4BJ
Received 23 Mar 202213 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DT
Received 21 Mar 202212 The Hollies Brackla CF31 2PP
Received 17 Oct 2022Ty Wrth Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LL
Received 8 Sept 20102 Ashgrove Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4EE
Received 30 Mar 20165 Beech Grove Danygraig Porthcawl Cf36 5Dp
Received 26 Jul 20043 Linnet Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nx
Received 22 Dec 2003Garage compound Heol Yr Afon / Tairfelin Wildmill CF31 1SL
Received 22 Dec 201737 Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EG
Received 1 Nov 201216 Meini Tirion Cefn Glas CF31 4TL
Received 16 Feb 202465 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 26 Jul 2011Records 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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