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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14,771 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
15 Bridgend Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SW
Received 15 Jan 202027 Burns Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Py
Received 21 Jul 20045 Vicarage Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PF
Received 10 Jul 202032 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 5 Nov 2019Preswylfa Pandy Farm Heol Pandy Llangeinor Bridgend
Received 7 Feb 2011Biancasso Piggery Lane Llangynwyd CF34 9RU
Received 14 Jan 2020Breaksea Residential Home The Square Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3BW
Received 14 Feb 201221 Protheroe Avenue Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Lu
Received 7 Jan 2005Branksome Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 19 Mar 201219 Onslow Terrace, Brynmenyn, Bridgend, CF32 9HW
Received 23 Jul 2026Plots 18-22 Duffryn Oaks Off Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 3 Jun 20081 New Houses Pleasant View Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lb
Received 11 Sept 200719 Ffordd Ddu Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Jg
Received 7 Nov 20056 Ael y Bryn Bryntirion CF31 4DG
Received 13 Aug 202417 Ffordd Priordy Sarn CF32 9NB
Received 5 Jan 2016Llynfi Lane (Former Kitchen & Bathroom Emporium) Maesteg Cf34 9De
Received 15 Jun 2006St Davids Church Florence Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PF
Received 26 Nov 2012Lower Tremains Farmhouse, Whitethorn Drive, Brackla, Bridgend Cf31 2Pq
Received 6 Jun 20056 Dan Yr Heol Pantyrawel Bridgend
Received 29 Mar 2004The Parc Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 21 Jan 20202 Pine Close Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Nx
Received 16 May 2005Plot 2 Hillside Gardens Gwaun Bant Pontycymmer Bridgend
Received 23 May 20054 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 16 Nov 202238 Cefn Coed Bridgend Cf31 4Ph
Received 12 Sept 2005Records 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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