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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14,698 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dr
Received 7 Apr 2006Former Sunnyside Council Offices & Magistrates Court site Sunnyside Road / Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 29 May 202021 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 30 Jun 2008Land south of Heol West Plas (off Coity Bypass) Coity CF35 6BA
Received 16 Dec 202259 Chestnut Grove Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NT
Received 17 Dec 2008Express Motors Depot And Adj Land Off Waun Bant Rd Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 1 Mar 2007140 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BL
Received 16 Sept 2021The Former Church Hall Church Street Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Au
Received 8 Sept 2003Former firestation (next to nightclub) Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 12 Oct 2022Porthcawl Cricket Club Locks Lane Porthcawl CF36 3HY
Received 2 Feb 202214 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 5 Aug 2010Former Bridgend Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Waterton CF31 3BF
Received 16 Jun 2026Bassetts Nissan, Dunraven Street, Bridgend Industrial Estate, CF31 3SY
Received 10 Apr 201324 Maes Yr Haf North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4En
Received 26 Mar 2004Plot 58 Brynmenyn Ind Est Bridgend
Received 6 Aug 2004Ballas Farm Heol Y Sheet Stormy Down Pyle Bridgend CF33 4RY
Received 2 Oct 200913 Abbey Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Hf
Received 8 May 20061-4 Thygeston Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36n3HL
Received 21 Feb 201718 Bracken Way Litchard CF31 1YQ
Received 12 Oct 2021Brynteg House Main Road Coychurch CF35 5HB
Received 18 Jul 2016Union School of Theology Bryntirion House Bryntirion CF31 4DX
Received 20 Sept 20195 Woodland Street Wyndham Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7EX
Received 1 May 201314 Heol Cae Glas Ynysawdre Bridgend CF32 9ER
Received 21 Nov 2023Fairways Hotel West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LS
Received 4 Oct 2010Records 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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