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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Ffordd Yr Eglwys North Cornelly
Received 10 Nov 200432 Parkfields Road Bridgend CF31 4BH
Received 16 Jul 2010Greenfields Heol Las Coity Bridgend CF35 6BS
Received 6 Aug 200818 Pant Gwyn Broadlands Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 200356 Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LR
Received 14 May 201840 Westminster Way Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QX
Received 4 Jul 202350 Islawen Meadows Pencoed CF35 6LW
Received 6 Apr 202315 Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 1 Jun 201875 Westward Place Bridgend Cf31 4Xb
Received 28 Sept 2004215 West Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3RT
Received 16 Jul 20259 Marlpit Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EG
Received 6 Jun 2016307 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BE
Received 8 Dec 20108 Jubilee Road Bridgend CF31 3BA
Received 8 Dec 2009Land south of Wyndham Close Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla CF31 2AN
Received 27 Nov 20252 Cwm Coed Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SW
Received 9 Oct 2008Lyndhurst Cottage Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9DG
Received 15 Jul 2015Atlantic Hotel West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Lt
Received 9 Jun 20052 Llys Briallen, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2BG
Received 28 May 20266 Picton Avenue Bridgend CF31 3HD
Received 13 Jun 201641 Collwyn Road Pyle Bridgend CF33 6AL
Received 15 Apr 202113 Rathbone Terrace Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Yl
Received 22 Aug 2005Side garden of 77 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RY
Received 5 Jul 20185 Heronston Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Dp
Received 22 Jul 2005Gorwelion House Wig Fach Porthcawl CF32 0NH
Received 5 Feb 2024Records 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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