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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13,270 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot Adj. To 33A Woodlands Pk., Kenfig Hill
Received 10 May 2006Land Between 22 & 23 Pant Hendre Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ln
Received 27 Dec 2006335A New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PH
Received 17 Jun 20136 Bryntirion Close Bridgend CF31 4BZ
Received 17 Sept 20075 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 27 Feb 2017Old Coach House Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 27 Oct 20094 Meadow Close Coychurch CF35 5HH
Received 21 Sept 201247 Brynllywarch, Maesteg, CF34 9NB
Received 21 Nov 2025Glasfryn Heol Canola Sarn CF32 9TS
Received 13 Oct 201565 Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SR
Received 3 Sept 201241 West Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 19 Jul 2010Land at Ty Draw Farm Pyle
Received 7 Feb 2019Coffee & Cadence 18 I & J Kingsway Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YH
Received 16 Sept 20202 Hillcrest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NL
Received 12 Dec 20139 Westfield Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Hh
Received 21 Aug 200379 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH
Received 4 May 2017170 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla CF31 2QJ
Received 17 Apr 2018Oyster Catcher Cottage 47 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 13 Mar 2023The New Inn 47 High Street Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hl
Received 9 Aug 2005Land east of A4061 (BNDR) Coity (Brackla West) Bridgend CF31 2AN
Received 11 Jan 20196 Priory Gardens Bridgend CF31 3LB
Received 21 Jan 2008Melin Pont Rhyd Y Cyff Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 0EH
Received 23 Nov 201116 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 11 Aug 200914 Badgers Mead Brackla CF31 2PZ
Received 11 Dec 2012Records 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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