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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16,039 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 24 Jun 2024Land at Salt Lake North off Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 1 Jul 2022Land South From Cwmdu Road South East Of Halfway House Maesteg Bridgend
Received 22 Feb 201111 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Uh
Received 2 Nov 2006Lloyds Tsb Bridgend Contact Centre Pencoed Business Park Pencoed Cf35 5Hy
Received 8 Jul 200412 Pant Yr Hebog Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Df
Received 10 Jul 200716 Ffordd yr Eglwys North Cornelly CF33 4NP
Received 29 Mar 201826 Ysbryd-Y-Coed, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4GF
Received 23 Jan 201924 Herbert Street Bridgend CF31 1TJ
Received 5 Dec 2007The Barn Llys Tynewydd Coity CF35 6BY
Received 27 Jun 2023Site between River Ogmore & Sustrans Cycletrack Ogmore Valley CF32 7LZ
Received 6 Feb 2019Tirycoed Heol Goedog Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0AN
Received 24 Jul 201819 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend CF31 3BB
Received 18 Jul 20083 Llys Teg Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BH
Received 27 Sept 2007Layby Opp Old Llynfi Power Station Maesteg Road Coytrahen Bridgend
Received 31 Dec 2010Redundant Church Hall Heol Persondy Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Rl
Received 14 Mar 200629 Honeysuckle Way (Rear) Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nt
Received 27 Jan 2004Porthcawl Harbour The Harbour Porthcawl
Received 2 Aug 2011Land at Rear of Oak Terrace Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0DY
Received 14 Jun 2024Anchorage Bryneglwys Avenue Newton Porthcawl CF36 3DB
Received 18 Jan 201630 Northways Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LB
Received 20 May 201192 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3HE
Received 13 May 2013Rear Of 22 Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LN
Received 1 Mar 2012Green Gables Penyfai Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AA
Received 4 Feb 2020Records 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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