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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
14,430 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Oak Tree Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BH
Received 28 Jul 201112 Woodland Place North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Ew
Received 13 May 2004Euro Commercials Brynmenyn Ind Estate Brynmenyn CF32 9TD
Received 12 Sept 200826 Ffordd Candleston Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DU
Received 11 Aug 2017Tudor Estate Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0SN
Received 24 Feb 201239 Treharne Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Ps
Received 2 Aug 200529 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 2 Oct 200748 Islawen Meadows Pencoed CF35 6LW
Received 15 Mar 202110 Llwyn Coch Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BJ
Received 15 Apr 201511 St John's Drive Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pw
Received 2 Feb 200619C Tonna Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0RY
Received 14 Mar 2008Longacre Old Coachmans Lane Court Colman Bridgend CF32 0HD
Received 3 May 2019The Cherry Laurel (Fmr Pied Piper) Kingsway Bridgend CF31 3RY
Received 3 Aug 2012Land South Of 18 Curwen Terrace North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Aw
Received 19 Jul 200616 Beech Grove Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DP
Received 8 Oct 2012The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 19 Apr 2017Crossroads Services Jct 35 M4 Pencoed Business Park Bridgend CF35 5HY
Received 17 Jul 200942 Cae Ganol Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Rs
Received 3 Sept 2007Glanrhyd Hospital, Tondu Road, Bridgend, CF31 4LN
Received 13 Feb 200627 Riverside Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Da
Received 13 Aug 200417 Pond Mawr Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NG
Received 12 Jun 20085 Lon-Y-Parc Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YE
Received 11 Sept 201213 The Green Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AX
Received 18 Feb 201141 Harvey Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AE
Received 17 Nov 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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