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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
14,560 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 26 Jun 2019Chapel Barns Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LR
Received 22 Aug 202436 & 38 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EJ
Received 14 Dec 2015Telecommunications Site 21273 Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 5DN
Received 15 Jun 2016Twyn Celyn Ystad Waun Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Pw
Received 31 Aug 2005Old Kings Head Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PN
Received 19 Nov 20098A Brynffrwd Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EP
Received 27 Jan 2014Land Off Lifeboat Road / Marine Terrace Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 12 Jul 20102 Coronation Road, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, CF34 9TA
Received 21 May 202698 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DE
Received 13 Sept 202134 Acland Road Bridgend CF31 1TF
Received 11 Sept 2007Y Lletty Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 19 Dec 2022Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 20 Dec 201759 Cae Bracla Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HE
Received 6 Feb 202414 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SS
Received 7 Jun 201145 St Winifreds Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PN
Received 8 Jun 2021Ardwyn House Pant Ardwyn Pencoed CF35 6PR
Received 10 Apr 20185 Llys Y Plas Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EY
Received 8 Jul 2021Site D Castle View Bridgend Cf31 1Hl
Received 28 Dec 200527 Maes Talcen, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2LG
Received 11 Nov 2025Land At Heol Felyn Fach Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9De
Received 23 Feb 2005Cresta, 70 Neath Road, Maesteg, CF34 9PH
Received 10 Jan 2025Garth Welfare Park Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 ONE
Received 10 Feb 2011Delfryn Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AT
Received 22 Jun 2018Records 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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