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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
16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Chantal Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NN
Received 31 Jan 201161 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DU
Received 15 Sept 2020Land east of the A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 20 May 2020Plasnewydd School Castle Street Maesteg Cf34 9Un
Received 1 Oct 2003Land at Bridgend Police Station & former Cheapside multi storey car park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 12 Mar 202417 Cwm Felin Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EJ
Received 3 Jul 201358 St Michaels Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Be
Received 27 Feb 2006St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 7 Nov 201932 Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LP
Received 30 Jan 200944 Heol Y Llwyni Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Dj
Received 7 Apr 20054 Cwrt Newydd Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5El
Received 5 Aug 200527 Clos Tan Y Fron Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BY
Received 20 Mar 20092 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf31 4Sn
Received 13 Jun 200627 Austin Close Newton Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Sn
Received 20 Jan 200413 Chaucer Close Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Pz
Received 25 Apr 2005Da Vinci House Brunel Court Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend
Received 30 Oct 200845 Heol Llan North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dp
Received 5 Nov 2004117 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Du
Received 1 Dec 200361A Cefn Road Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend Cf32 0Ay
Received 11 Jun 2004Ty Tanglwyst Farm South Cornelly CF33 4FA
Received 14 Jul 201533 Llwyn Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AJ
Received 2 Nov 2012Land adj to The Old Barn Maudlam Bridgend CF33 4PH
Received 22 Jan 2019Flat Z Ocean View 38 West Drive Porthcawl CF36 3HT
Received 25 Nov 201510 Sycamore Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AL
Received 30 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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