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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14,938 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YA
Received 15 Jan 201048 High Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0BS
Received 1 Apr 2015Plot 15 ~ Adj To Glanavon Terr. Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rp
Received 13 Apr 2006Porthcawl Hotel John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 23 Feb 202645A John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 27 Apr 201652 Brynawel Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SA
Received 17 Sept 201012 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DY
Received 29 Jun 2012Riverside Industrial Equipment Ltd Trewsfield Estate Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4LH
Received 8 Jan 20141 Macgregor Row Maesteg CF34 0AP
Received 26 Sept 2014Land south of A473/High Street West of Bryntirion Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 4 Dec 202512 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 14 May 2012Land Off A473 Between Laleston & Bryntirion Bridgend
Received 15 Sept 2010Plot 59 Carreg Erw Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6BA
Received 12 Jun 2013Coed Rhyd 4 Pentwyn Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6SB
Received 28 Apr 20108 Merganser Close West Park Porthcawl Cf36 3Ue
Received 21 Mar 20061 Austin Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 5Rs
Received 15 Mar 200720 Woodland Avenue Pencoed CF35 6UP
Received 28 Jul 2020Bridgend Service Station Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 19 May 2015Land at rear of Percy House 18 Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 29 Dec 2020Thomson Shop 24 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 19 Jul 2017Land at Heol Yr Eglwys (east of Coity Castle) Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 16 Jan 202512 Parc Bronhaul Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EP
Received 18 Dec 2020Land Off Coychurch Road Brackla Bridgend
Received 19 Sept 2005Land At Newlands Farm Margam Village Port Talbot
Received 14 Jan 2013Records 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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