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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16,036 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Allt Dderw Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BZ
Received 14 Apr 2022Cae Gof Playing Fields Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend
Received 9 Aug 2010Land At Stormy Farm Pyle Bridgend CF33 4AA
Received 5 Sept 2013Plot 3 Hillside Gardens R/O 20-32 Lower Adare St Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Lw
Received 1 Dec 200530 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend
Received 25 Feb 200433 North Avenue Kenfig Hill
Received 20 Jan 200515 Parkfields Penyfai CF31 4NQ
Received 19 Jun 20196 Esterling Drive Porthcawl CF36 3JL
Received 2 Dec 201521 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LL
Received 22 Jun 2017Land Rear Nottage Mead Nottage Porthcawl
Received 12 Aug 2010Land At Nanthir Farm Behind James Road Blaengarw CF32 8BN
Received 4 Dec 20123 St Leonards Road Bridgend Cf31 4Hg
Received 4 May 2005Cosy Corner Porthcawl Harbourside Porthcawl CF36 3YR
Received 20 Apr 2017Plot Land At Heol Tre Dwr Waterton Bridgend CF31 3AJ
Received 10 Nov 201041 Westminster Way Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QX
Received 30 Nov 20075 Westgate Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NP
Received 2 Jul 2010Ty Newydd 29D Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PG
Received 12 Jul 2023Brocastle Manor Care Home Brocastle Estate Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 13 May 202411 Brodawel Maesteg Cf34 0Ll
Received 15 Sept 2004Land Adj 15 West Rhondda Road Pontyrhyl Bridgend
Received 21 Aug 20084/4A Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1DU
Received 19 Sept 2013The Windsor Barn Llangynwyd Mountain Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SD
Received 5 Apr 202429 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DH
Received 11 Jun 2021Land Adj Heol Yr Afon Bridgend CF31 1RY
Received 27 Oct 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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