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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
15,003 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Cuckoo Street Pant-Y-Gog Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dr
Received 20 Feb 200729 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9He
Received 4 Jul 2005Cilfan Heol Yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 2 Oct 200812 River Street Maesteg CF34 9YR
Received 26 Nov 2020137 Mill View Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 26 Aug 2014Westbarn Glanrhyd Farm Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LL
Received 20 Oct 2011Land At Mountain View Farm Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6NH
Received 24 Oct 2013Land Extending Maesteg Comp School To Caerau School Maesteg Bridgend
Received 26 Oct 20108 Glan Y Parc Bridgend CF31 4BS
Received 12 Feb 200817 Mary Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YL
Received 23 May 200735 Heol y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4SS
Received 8 Jun 2021Cae Gof Playing Field Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AD
Received 12 Jul 201320 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BD
Received 22 Oct 2021102 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DA
Received 31 Jul 200819 Bryncoch Road Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9My
Received 24 Jan 20057 Redlands Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Yu
Received 1 Aug 2011Land at Central Park off Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TY
Received 10 May 2016The Cottage Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HD
Received 22 Apr 2010Land At Crosby Yard Bridgend Cf31 1Jz
Received 30 Nov 200615 Clos Penglyn Pencoed CF35 6NX
Received 8 Jul 201918 Mill Street Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9HT
Received 30 Jul 2021Former Blaenllynfi Infant School Grosvenor Terrace Maesteg CF34 0RW
Received 5 Feb 2025Bryn Cerdd 82a Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AW
Received 1 Oct 2021Lynton House Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Hn
Received 9 Jun 2006Records 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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