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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
14,854 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 12 Jul 2006Land At 1 Troed Y Rhiw Cottages Llan Road Maesteg CF34 9HW
Received 3 Aug 200727 Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Pw
Received 14 Mar 20066 Alfred Street Maesteg Cf34 9Yw
Received 3 Jun 20045 Ffynnon Groyw Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Ar
Received 8 Dec 20038 Haven Meadow Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EB
Received 7 Nov 2008Rowan House Wind Street Laleston Bridgend
Received 5 Aug 200452 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 8 Mar 2016Maes Gwyn 7 Chapel Row Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nn
Received 4 Oct 2005Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 19 Feb 2025Birchwood House Bridgend Road Penyfai CF31 4LW
Received 21 Aug 2020Blaen-Crymlyn Farm Old Parish Road To Blaencrymlyn Farm Blackmill CF35 6EP
Received 9 Sept 2020Land East Of 11/12 Ty Isaf Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0AU
Received 24 May 201065 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 21 Aug 2019Land Adj 2 Bryngolau Bryntirion Bridgend
Received 4 Jul 2008Percy House, 18A Lias Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3AH
Received 6 Feb 2026Blackmill Service Station Blackmill Bridgend
Received 11 Sept 2006Ty Newydd Farm Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 12 Oct 20216 Rowan Close Pencoed CF35 6TS
Received 9 Apr 2018Bryn Derwen Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend CF32 0EY
Received 16 May 2007Ffynon Deri 2 Nant Y Wennol Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DB
Received 6 Nov 20134 Heol Y Groes Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qe
Received 25 Feb 2004Merthyr Mawr House Merthyrmawr Bridgend Cf32 0Lr
Received 20 Sept 200410 Caerau Road Maesteg CF34 0PB
Received 2 Nov 2020Records 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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