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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
16,036 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
77 Trem y Mor Brackla CF31 2HB
Received 16 Mar 201763 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 24 Jan 2023Tusker House Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5ST
Received 13 Jul 202015 Fairfax Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3EN
Received 17 May 202241 Heol Croes Faen Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sw
Received 11 Apr 200716 Stonechat Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QF
Received 26 May 20097 Glynstell Road Porthcawl CF36 3NN
Received 25 Nov 2020The Bungalow 16 Beech Road Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8AJ
Received 7 Dec 2009Mole End Bettws Road Brynmenyn CF32 8UR
Received 4 Sept 2017Unit 17 Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 15 Jul 2011Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club Waun y Mer Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 10 Feb 201724 Preswylfa Court, Bridgend, CF31 3NX
Received 16 Feb 2024Forge Travel Ltd Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0AY
Received 8 Nov 201930 Northways Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LB
Received 18 Feb 2011114 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 4 Oct 20195 Vernon Street Bridgend Cf31 1Tq
Received 1 Jun 200730 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 19 Oct 202163 St Brides Road Aberkenfig CF32 9RA
Received 4 Jul 20234 Clos y Gog Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FP
Received 13 Mar 2023Land south of Bryn Siriol Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 23 Dec 2024Bayview Heol Canola Sarn Bridgend Cf32 9Ts
Received 28 Oct 2005Pine Range Pottery Hill Ewenny Bridgend Cf35 3Ap
Received 10 Oct 2003Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 9 May 2012Pets At Home Unit 2 Bridgend Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 15 Apr 2009Records 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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