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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
14,283 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Exchange Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EA
Received 27 Jun 20082 Moira Terrace Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BU
Received 25 Feb 200810 Heol Y Geifr Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UH
Received 4 Nov 200820 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3BA
Received 23 Feb 202674 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 27 Jul 20174 Min yr Awel Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GJ
Received 22 Nov 2021Riversdale House Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 28 Jun 2010Westerleys Heol Las Kenfig CF33 4PU
Received 3 Jan 201826 Clos Man-Teg Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BY
Received 1 Dec 2020Sea View Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 3 Jul 2023Land Adj The Paddocks Bryn Rd Tondu
Received 28 Aug 200371 Gerddi Quarella Bridgend CF31 1LG
Received 27 Mar 2014Old School House Nursery Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LT
Received 8 Nov 20103 Penybryn Road Brynmenyn CF32 9HT
Received 1 Oct 201543 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 17 Nov 201015 Priory Close Bridgend Cf31 3Lw
Received 11 Jul 2005Castle Leisure Ltd Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 12 Jun 2012Plot 12 Llynfi Court Off Keir Hardie Road Maesteg
Received 27 Apr 2006Former Countrywide Store South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3PT
Received 26 Jan 202142 The Chase Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jj
Received 10 May 2004Coety Primary School, Ffordd Yr Hebog, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6DH
Received 18 Nov 202415 Ffridd Las Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Af
Received 31 May 200721 Gregory Close Pencoed CF35 6RF
Received 12 Nov 2021Bethel Chapel, Commercial Street, Nantymoel, CF32 7RA
Received 8 Jul 2008Records 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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