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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
14,938 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adj 2 Maes Tanrallt/Underwood Pl Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LR
Received 21 May 200858 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HR
Received 9 Jun 20144 Vicarage Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PF
Received 24 Mar 202078 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Bu
Received 27 Oct 2004Former Taffys Tavern 11 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 26 Mar 202112 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 9 Jan 201820 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BD
Received 9 Sept 2011Youth Drop-In Centre Griffin Park Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 17 Feb 2012Maesteg Cemetery Maesteg CF34 0DN
Received 9 Jun 201686 Tremains Court, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2SS
Received 12 Feb 2025Newlynn Bryneglwys Avenue Newton Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Nn
Received 19 Mar 20076 Meadow Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9YP
Received 17 May 2010Glenkeith Heol Canola Bryncoch Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9TS
Received 13 Jun 2012Stormy West Landfill Site Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 13 May 201512 Lawrence Close Bridgend Cf31 1Jy
Received 31 May 200510 Meadow Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Hg
Received 9 Mar 2006Land At Carreg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 4SF
Received 23 Feb 20115 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 5 Aug 201331 Beechwood Grove Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Su
Received 25 Sept 2003Station Hotel Caerau Road Maesteg CF34 0PB
Received 23 Sept 202225 Trem Y Duffryn Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Ap
Received 11 Apr 2006Wards 8 & 9 Glanrhyd Hospital Bridgend
Received 17 Nov 2003Restway Gardens, Bridgend, CF31 4HY
Received 11 Feb 20251, 2 & 3 St Johns Priory & Nolton Rectory Bridgend
Received 7 May 2008Records 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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