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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
14,629 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Bb
Received 18 Jan 2006Land Adj To 14 Tydraw Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Al
Received 6 Apr 2004Pwll Y Waun Pond Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5HH
Received 9 Mar 201837 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UT
Received 21 Feb 20224 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 1 Sept 2022Vacant site adj to Cambrian House Stormy Down CF32 0NW
Received 3 Aug 201623 Bedford Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BW
Received 4 Mar 2009Rear of Casa Pazo 4 Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 17 May 201963 Felindre Avenue, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5PD
Received 12 Feb 2026Cornelly Court School Terrace North Cornelly Cf33 4Hu
Received 10 Aug 200511 South Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DH
Received 26 Feb 2008Hi Tide Inn Mackworth Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BT
Received 6 Mar 2012Char-Beck Barn Bryngwenith Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NT
Received 29 Feb 2008Jennings Buildings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 16 Sept 2015Land at Bridgend Police Station and former Cheapside Multi-storey Car Park Cheapside, Bridgend
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adj To Waterton Lane Rear Of Retail Park Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 9 Mar 20163 Nicholls Road Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EP
Received 25 Jul 2013Rear Of 1-10 Dale View Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0De
Received 1 Feb 200622 Clos Y Gog Broadlands CF31 5FP
Received 5 Aug 2020Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BL
Received 11 Jul 2013Coach House Coed Parc Park Street CF31 4FJ
Received 14 Dec 20236 Cwrt Y Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ST
Received 29 May 201483 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3RY
Received 7 Dec 202026 Ysbryd Y Coed Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gf
Received 6 Sept 2006Records 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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