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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
16,037 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Litchard Terrace Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pl
Received 27 Mar 2007Seawinds Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr, Cf32 0Bd
Received 29 Oct 200422 Glynstell Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3NN
Received 21 Aug 2023Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 27 Jun 20221 Pen Gwern Pencoed CF35 6YE
Received 19 Feb 2018Land East of A4061 (BNDR) Coity Bridgend
Received 25 May 2016Currys Unit 4 Bridgend Retail Park Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SR
Received 30 Mar 2009Land east of 22 Bradfield Avenue (Restway Gardens) Bridgend CF31 4HL
Received 24 Feb 20227 Stonechat Close Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Qf
Received 19 Nov 2003Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla CF31 2AN
Received 6 Oct 2016Bridgend Railway Station Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1BB
Received 15 Mar 2022Land Rear Camberwell Avenue Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 18 Mar 2008Land off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 25 Nov 2020Seaview Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 15 Jan 2016Autumn Cottage Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DL
Received 4 Jan 202431 Marlpit Lane Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Eg
Received 20 Apr 2004Land Adj To Old Post House Bettws Road Bettws
Received 7 Mar 2005South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 23 Mar 2015The Coach House Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6NL
Received 13 Aug 2009Cae Bryn Pen Y Bryn Terrace Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Hu
Received 22 Aug 2006Greenacres Bungalow Bridgend Road Newton Bridgend CF32 0NL
Received 9 Nov 20115 Ysbryd Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 3 Jun 201421 Waterton Close Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 3 Mar 2008Maes Yr Haul Primary School Ffordd Tirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EG
Received 26 Apr 2016Records 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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