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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
13,270 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
J P Board & Co Ltd 30/32 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BN
Received 21 Jul 2014Cwm Garw Playing Fields and Pavilion Garregside Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8NL
Received 9 Dec 202212 Rhodfa Ceirios Cavendish Park Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Gg
Received 13 Mar 200643 Clos y Mametz Newton Porthcawl CF36 5DJ
Received 23 Sept 2020Former Portway Surgery (now Dominos Pizza) Porthcawl CF36 3XB
Received 12 Dec 201936 Iron Way Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 4 Feb 2014136 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EE
Received 28 Jan 20092 Heol yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 29 Jul 20192 Mount Earl Close Bridgend CF31 3HA
Received 19 Oct 20213/4 Gilfach Cottages Llangynwyd Maesteg
Received 9 Jun 200439 Banc Gelli Las Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DH
Received 29 Mar 2016Land Adj 32 Chilcott Avenue Brynmenyn Ind. Estate Bridgend CF32 9RQ
Received 6 Sept 201011 Madoc Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Py
Received 27 Oct 2005The White House Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PT
Received 6 Jun 201115 Gallt y Ddrudwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FL
Received 23 Oct 20205 Pen Yr Heol Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4ND
Received 10 Jun 200873 Cae Gwyllt Broadlands CF31 5FF
Received 10 Oct 202215 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5PF
Received 13 Oct 201610 Kensington Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QS
Received 8 Aug 2007Land North West Of Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1PG
Received 3 Dec 2015Park House 63 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 15 Jul 2009Former playground site Fountain Road Aberkenfig CF32 0EW
Received 5 Aug 2016Bryn Glas Farm Bryn Road Coychurch CF35 6AE
Received 1 Aug 200832 Albert Street Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Uf
Received 4 May 2004Records 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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