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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13,720 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
12 Ger-y-sedd, Brackla, CF31 2LB
Received 17 Jul 20263 The Square Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HT
Received 13 Aug 2007Orchard House Heol yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 16 Dec 2021City House, Bettws Road, Bettws, Bridgend, CF32 8UW
Received 24 Mar 202527 Bron-Y-Waun, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0HX
Received 22 Jul 2024Cwmdu Lodge Cwmdu Maesteg CF34 0DH
Received 1 Oct 202133 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NE
Received 7 Dec 201035 Bakers Way Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Rj
Received 9 May 2007Land adj 10 Blosse Street Maesteg CF34 0HP
Received 8 Jul 202241 Victoria Street Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YW
Received 22 May 200811 Fountain Cottages Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 0Ew
Received 17 Aug 2004Pyle Garden Centre, Heol Mostyn, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF33 6BJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Junction Of Raphael Avenue & Church Acre Bridgend CF31 2AU
Received 22 Apr 200829 Cheltenham Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3PT
Received 5 Jun 202537 Chestnut Drive Dan Y Graig Porthcawl Cf36 5Ad
Received 16 Jan 2006Kingsway Buildings Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 31 Mar 2006Waverley Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DG
Received 27 Aug 2008Orchard Cottage Church Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NP
Received 16 Nov 201219 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DU
Received 29 May 20084 Pine Close Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Nx
Received 5 Feb 200413 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JQ
Received 27 Mar 201736 Llwyn Helig Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6HN
Received 16 Jan 202316 Commercial Street, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6DL
Received 3 Nov 202542 Heol Y Groes Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QZ
Received 21 Aug 2009Records 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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