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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16,039 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rear Of Maerdy Hotel Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 3NA
Received 11 Jul 2011H M P Parc Heol Hopkin John Bridgend Cf35 6Ap
Received 23 Oct 200629 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DR
Received 16 Jan 201841/43 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 26 Jun 200812 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 24 Oct 2022Units 16-19 The Triangle Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Ll
Received 14 Apr 2005Jnct Minffrwd Road / B4280 High Street (Land Extending From) Heol Y Cyw Bridgend
Received 27 Dec 2012Land At Heol Y Frenhines Cefn Glas CF31 4RN
Received 23 Dec 2015Heronston Buildings Hernstone Lane Bridgend CF31 3AX
Received 13 Aug 202476 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SU
Received 3 Jul 201820 Blaencaerau Road Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Pp
Received 7 Aug 200637 Parkfields Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NQ
Received 3 Dec 2024TJ Car Sales Ltd Heronston Lane Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 4 Feb 201924 Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LP
Received 8 Feb 201012 Crown Row Maesteg Cf34 0Lg
Received 13 Oct 2006Land At Waun Cimla Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 14 Apr 2004Former Cemex Building Tondu Road Bridgend CF31 4JA
Received 2 Jul 200837-41 Mary Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Yn
Received 29 Sept 2004Land Adj 25 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EU
Received 26 Nov 2007Cwmcedfyw Farm Pont Rhyd Y Cyff Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0EB
Received 26 Apr 2007Unit 2 Hernston Retail Park Waterton Bridgend CF31 3ND
Received 3 Apr 2024Former No.'S 2 & 4 Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Sj
Received 29 Jun 20054 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EF
Received 30 Apr 2008131 Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JT
Received 18 Mar 2022Records 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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