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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
13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Fairfax Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3EN
Received 11 Feb 2011West Mead Litchard Hill Bridgend CF35 6HA
Received 13 Dec 2006Pencoed Junior School Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RH
Received 23 Apr 200875 Mill View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DE
Received 19 Feb 200914 Idris Place Bridgend CF31 1PR
Received 8 Aug 2007Caerau Community Centre Woodlands Terrace Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Sr
Received 26 Jan 2004Talbot Institute 9 Prince Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ed
Received 22 Jul 2005Hunters Lodge Church Acre Brackla CF31 2JT
Received 31 Oct 2022Sarn and Bryncwils Social Club Bryncoch Road Sarn CF32 9NY
Received 7 Mar 20225 Ffaldau Industrial Estate Victoria Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NQ
Received 12 Jul 2013Oaktree Kennels Heol Las Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bp
Received 14 Mar 2006Garth Welfare Park, Bridgend Road, Maesteg
Received 20 Apr 201218 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PR
Received 6 Jun 201191 Pwllygath Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6ET
Received 6 May 20085 Cae Derwen Litchard CF31 1PY
Received 14 Jul 2016Land At Cornelly Garage Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HY
Received 25 Jul 2012Home Bargains Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 16 Aug 2021The White Wheat Zig-zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 24 Nov 2025Former Mount Zion Chapel Station Road Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7RD
Received 11 Mar 2010Bayswater Tubes Site Heol Y Geifr Pencoed CF35 6UG
Received 18 Jan 2016Somerfield Stores Lias Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AH
Received 21 Jul 2011Land Adj School Terrace Blaengarw Bridgend
Received 8 Mar 20065-8 Meadow Street Pontycymmer CF32 8HF
Received 22 Dec 201729 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lf
Received 2 Jun 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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