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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
14,354 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Reynallt Place Porthcawl CF36 3DR
Received 5 Oct 202234 Heol Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PE
Received 17 Jun 2011Longacre Court Colman Penyfai Bridgend Cf32 0Hd
Received 13 Dec 2004Coychurch Police Station Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EN
Received 16 Jan 2008Hall Adj 8 North Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ND
Received 12 Aug 200821 Beechgrove Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DP
Received 28 Jun 2011Nantyffyllon Institute Bangor Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hu
Received 10 Jul 200615 Suffolk Street Bridgend Cf31 3Al
Received 20 Jun 2007Land at Parc Crescent & Brocastle Avenue Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XU
Received 23 Jun 2025145 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DW
Received 14 May 2024Former Clarks Shop 15 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 26 Jun 201471 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SF
Received 18 Nov 202027 Bryn Onnen Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EA
Received 7 Nov 200812 Dunlin Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UA
Received 28 Jun 201140 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pj
Received 1 Dec 2003Plot B2 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BL
Received 29 Apr 2025Plot 1 land off Philip Avenue Bryntirion CF31 4DH
Received 4 Oct 20194 The Hollies Brackla CF31 2PP
Received 11 May 202023 Heol Y Llwyni Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Dj
Received 10 May 2007Seacrest 4a Locks Lane Porthcawl CF36 3HY
Received 10 Mar 20202 Ffordd Haearn Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 2 Oct 2017Land Adj To 43 Tondu Rd Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 7 Jan 2004Unit 1a and 2a Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AJ
Received 27 Oct 2021Land in front of 36 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LF
Received 20 Aug 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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