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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
16,039 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Brynglas Terrace Pyle Bridgend CF33 6AG
Received 15 Jul 202214 Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ef
Received 20 Oct 2006Mainline Travel Glannant Road Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RL
Received 6 Aug 201478 Davis Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9JL
Received 9 Dec 201033 Ivor Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ah
Received 5 Sept 2003Woodlands Bridgend Road Bryncethin CF32 9TG
Received 24 Jun 202111 Joslin Road Bridgend Cf35 6Bd
Received 23 Sept 2003Land at Tynewydd Farm Bettws CF32 8TJ
Received 3 Feb 2017Troed-y-rhiw Farm Llan Road Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9HW
Received 24 Sept 202537 North Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ND
Received 24 Jan 200794 Chantal Avenue Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Nw
Received 10 Jul 2006Plot of land adj Tre Ethwil Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BA
Received 15 Mar 2017Land East Of A4061 (BNDR) Coity CF31 2AN
Received 8 Jul 2014Maesteg (Upper) Comp School Bridgend Road Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Sw
Received 10 Apr 2007McDonalds Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 16 Jun 20221 Rock Street Aberkenfig CF32 9BD
Received 12 May 20155 Aldenham Road Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Pg
Received 4 Jun 2004133 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Lu
Received 1 Aug 20035 The Precinct Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Sp
Received 10 Oct 2003O.T.E.D. Ltd Australian Terrace Bridgend CF31 1LY
Received 26 Feb 200950a Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DB
Received 28 Sept 202154 High Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DU
Received 23 Feb 20217 Heol-Y-Nant, Cefn Glas, Bridgend Cf31 4Ht
Received 6 Jun 2005The Cedars Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AE
Received 12 Jul 2024Records 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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