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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
14,497 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Pant Cottages Pant Hirwaun Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9UJ
Received 16 Dec 2009161 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DP
Received 21 Nov 2018135-137 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8De
Received 25 Jun 200722 Orchard Drive Porthcawl CF36 5RA
Received 11 Dec 2017D18 Coity Crescent Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3UL
Received 27 Oct 202522 Parc Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AQ
Received 27 Nov 2007The White House Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PT
Received 11 Nov 20168 Charles Avenue Pencoed CF35 6SJ
Received 28 Sept 2020Bryn y Mor Heol Broom Mawdlam CF33 4PW
Received 13 Apr 202146a Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6BU
Received 16 Sept 2021Plot 50-51 (site B1) Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BN
Received 19 Feb 2020Unit 2 Parc Plaza Retail Outlet Waterton CF31 3XY
Received 4 Dec 2023Asda Store Cheapside Bridgend
Received 8 Jan 2008Mount Pleasant Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 2 Jun 2025Tan Y Bryn Dinam Street Nantymoel CF32 7NN
Received 28 Oct 2019Tesco Stores Ltd Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 2SQ
Received 14 Dec 2017Land N.E. Of 63 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Le
Received 8 Jan 2007Char-Beck Barn Minffrwd Road B4280 junction to A4093 Via Rhiwceiliog & Mynydd y Gaer Rhiwceiliog Bridgend CF35 6NT
Received 1 Aug 201833 Coed Bach Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Tf
Received 17 Nov 20053 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Be
Received 1 Feb 200646 The Chase Brackla CF31 2JJ
Received 10 Jun 2021The Pant Yr Awel Blackmill Road Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7Hu
Received 10 May 2006Tesco Stores Ltd Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 21 Nov 2013Llanmihangel Farm Pyle Bridgend
Received 12 Dec 2005Records 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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