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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
13,180 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Fairfield Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ds
Received 22 Sept 2004"Brierley Hill" 38 Minffrwd Rd Pencoed Bridgend Cf36 6Sd
Received 23 Jun 200642 Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8RA
Received 5 Mar 200738 Llys Pentre Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Dy
Received 12 Apr 2006104 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 10 Aug 2015Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre Court Colman CF31 4NG
Received 4 Apr 2019137 Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6TN
Received 17 Oct 201827 Magpie Place Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FJ
Received 5 Apr 20222 Sandfields Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9RB
Received 9 Sept 2009Land Adj. Blaenogwr Farm Ogwy Street, Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Se
Received 13 Oct 2004Londis 26/28 Bakers Way Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9RJ
Received 15 Mar 201046 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg CF34 9DG
Received 6 Sept 202153 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PU
Received 12 Oct 2021Ogmore Vale Fire & Rescue Service Aber Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ay
Received 3 Aug 200553 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HJ
Received 12 Jan 201288 Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NE
Received 15 Apr 2019115 Pyle Inn Way Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Lh
Received 29 Jun 2005Swn Y Deryn Heol yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 4 Oct 20228 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PE
Received 13 Jul 20101 Cherry Tree Avenue Danygraig Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Rd
Received 8 Aug 2006Bridgend College, Pencoed Campus, Penybont Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5LG
Received 6 Jul 2026Tyle Teg Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0BQ
Received 8 Jun 201771 Maes Talcen Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Lq
Received 6 Oct 2006Pontycymmer Nursery Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NN
Received 4 Jul 2008Records 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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