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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
13,655 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LR
Received 7 Oct 20164 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1DU
Received 9 Feb 201032 Glynllan Blackmill CF35 6EF
Received 29 Nov 2021Evangelical Church Free School Court Bridgend CF31 3AG
Received 15 Nov 201921a Litchard Park Litchard CF31 1PF
Received 31 Oct 202268B & 68C Bridgend Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9AP
Received 27 Mar 20247 Monks Close Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LF
Received 26 Feb 2014Crowswood House 19 Fenwick Drive Brackla CF31 2LD
Received 28 Jun 2017Land rear of 99 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 28 Dec 2016Land At Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0BA
Received 5 Aug 2011Porthcawl Harbour Eastern Pronmenade Porthcawl CF36 3BY
Received 27 Jul 20179 The Retreat Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RU
Received 22 Feb 2007Ogmore Vale RFC Pavilion off Water Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AN
Received 24 Mar 2022Dan Y Lan Bryn Eglwys Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NN
Received 30 Nov 2012Maes Y Coed Byeastwood Coity CF35 6BN
Received 16 Jan 202038 Minffrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6SD
Received 20 Jun 2018Rear of 23 Nottage Mead Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 23 Apr 20201 Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Pa
Received 10 May 2004The Former Council School adjacent Heol Dewi Sant Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 6 Nov 20196 Stormy Lane Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Td
Received 22 Mar 2004Hill House Farm St Marys Hill Bridgend
Received 16 Jul 201318 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HU
Received 2 Nov 2015Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DF
Received 18 Oct 20242 Riverside Cottages Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Dr
Received 3 Oct 2003Records 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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