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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14,629 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Flatholm Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TW
Received 29 Mar 201115 Dunraven Place Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7ET
Received 30 Sept 201347 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 8 Aug 2017Land Adj Nos 92/106 Tudor Estate Caerau Maesteg
Received 29 Jan 2013Sharoline (Plot 6) Buartha Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Er
Received 22 Nov 20066 Joseph Row Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ew
Received 31 May 2005Adj To Stanwell House Blackmill Road Lewistown
Received 27 Apr 20166 Heol Cerdin Cwmfelin Maesteg
Received 23 Jul 201419 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UN
Received 16 Jun 201018 Green Street Bridgend Cf31 1Hf
Received 5 May 200620 Llwydarth Cottages Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HA
Received 15 Feb 2011Caergymrig Farmhouse Garth Maesteg CF34 0JD
Received 13 Mar 201724 Ffynon Y Maen Pyle Bridgend CF33 6JE
Received 5 Jan 20242 Rockfields Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NS
Received 27 Sept 2011Blaenllynfi Infant School Grosvenor Terrace Maesteg CF34 0RW
Received 27 Aug 201323 Ty Merchant Pencoed CF35 6PN
Received 20 Jul 20205 Woodland Park Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jp
Received 30 Jul 200727 Preswylfa Court, Bridgend Cf31 3Nx
Received 5 Jan 2005Land Adj 1 Dinam Street Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 22 Mar 2010Land At Moor Lane Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 17 Dec 2008St Clares School Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 3 Feb 201711 Parcau Road Bridgend CF31 4TA
Received 3 Apr 2009Mcdonalds Restaurants Ltd Picton Court Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 29 Jan 20136-10 Windsor Buildings Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 9 Mar 2023Records 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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