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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14,354 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Cf36 5Pn
Received 12 May 2004Ogmore Constituency Labour Party Social Club Elm Crescent Bryntirion CF31 4EA
Received 30 May 20173 Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 14 Jul 202218 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9He
Received 12 Jul 200410 Abergarw Meadow Abergarw CF32 8YG
Received 15 Jul 2020270-270A New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 16 Feb 2015Old Vicarage Vicarage Terrace Maesteg
Received 5 Feb 200710 Vale View Brackla Cf31 2Bu
Received 13 Apr 200615 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AD
Received 20 Mar 20148 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3TL
Received 14 Jul 202352 Bryn Rhedyn Pencoed CF35 6TL
Received 6 Jul 201824 Celtic View Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Yg
Received 30 Sept 20041 Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Ea
Received 14 Feb 2005Moriah Place Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 14 Nov 2003New Bungalow 39 High Street Heol-Y-Cyw Bridgend Cf35 6Hr
Received 27 Jul 2005Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses Picton Street Maesteg CF34 0EW
Received 10 Aug 201846 Glanyrafon Road Pencoed CF35 5PR
Received 1 Nov 2019133 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend
Received 9 Jun 200424 Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JW
Received 16 Nov 202038-40 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DH
Received 8 Oct 2019The Llangeinor Arms Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Rx
Received 1 Dec 200522 Heol Tegfryn Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ll
Received 15 Mar 2005Plasnewydd Primary School Castle Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9UN
Received 20 Mar 2008Land At & Adj Gwalia House Duffryn Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SS
Received 13 Dec 2011Records 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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