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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
14,771 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
13 Glebeland Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HE
Received 30 Jul 200825 Llan Road Maesteg CF34 9HN
Received 17 May 201910 Llys Briallen Brackla CF31 2BG
Received 17 Feb 2020Land at Wickes Car Park Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF1 3XX
Received 24 Nov 202318 Waterhall Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HD
Received 5 Oct 20163 St Leonards Road Bridgend CF31 4HG
Received 27 Dec 2018Ty Gwyn Wig Fach Porthcawl CF32 0NH
Received 28 Jul 2023Nottage Court Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TE
Received 6 Aug 201378 South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DA
Received 21 Sept 202325 Heol Wil Hopcyn Llangynwyd Bridgend CF34 9ST
Received 14 May 201415 The Triangle Brackla CF31 2LL
Received 19 Nov 201421 Heol Cerdin Maesteg Mid Glamorgan CF34 9GG
Received 3 Aug 201035 Heol Fron Fraith Fawr Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FR
Received 2 Apr 201299 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 11 Aug 2021The Charcoal Grill 25 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DH
Received 21 Sept 201819 Uxilla Terrace Off Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3Bb
Received 4 Nov 2005Maesteg Town Hall Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9DA
Received 21 Jan 2020Land at Mount Pleasant Farm Farm Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0HA
Received 24 Jan 2019Mcdonalds Restaurant Picton Gardens Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 6 Jul 2012Plot 52 Off Crown Road Maesteg
Received 14 Jul 2004Plot 7 Land Off Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend
Received 22 Dec 201134 Moorlands Road Bridgend CF31 3DR
Received 22 Feb 2008Bryngarw Country Park Brynmenyn CF32 8UU
Received 30 Nov 20172 Mill View Maesteg Cf34 0Dd
Received 3 Nov 2003Records 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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