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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
14,698 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Hollyhock Drive Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NS
Received 17 Aug 200919 Queen Street Maesteg CF34 9YN
Received 10 Jan 202012 Glan Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TG
Received 7 Oct 2005Land To North East Of Maesteg 'Maesteg Washery'
Received 21 Feb 200546 Cwm Felin Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EJ
Received 27 Jul 2010Land At Bryn Rd & Rear Of Walters Rd Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 6 Jan 200416 Simpsons Way Pyle CF33 6LG
Received 28 Feb 2023Parc Newydd Farm Caravan Site Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EX
Received 1 Mar 2021The Beeches Quarella Road Bridgend Cf31 1Jr
Received 11 Aug 200655 Wigan Terrace Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YE
Received 20 Apr 201216 Bryn Terrace Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AP
Received 16 Feb 2022Land at Brynteg Upper School Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3AR
Received 10 Dec 2019Blackmill Service Station Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DR
Received 10 Feb 2015Blandy Hall (Cliff Cottage) Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hn
Received 28 Sept 200413 Orchard Drive Porthcawl Cf36 5Rb
Received 6 Jul 2010Land At Cwmrisca Farm Tondu Bridgend
Received 16 Aug 2013Solent 114 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 13 Mar 202328 Hillside Terrace Pantyrawel, Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Le
Received 24 Jan 200519 Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 11 Feb 2009Pencoed Primary School Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 9RH
Received 9 Jun 201629 Castle View Bridgend CF31 1HL
Received 20 Jun 2014Church Of St Mary Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend
Received 1 Dec 2004The Star Public House 144 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DW
Received 12 Oct 202331 Bridgend Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RL
Received 22 May 2013Records 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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