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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Plot 5, Brocastle Strategic Employment Site Land east of the A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 16 Jul 20264 Penyfai Road Aberkenfig Bridgend
Received 18 May 2005Pendragon Service Station Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Hr
Received 29 Aug 2006Land Between 61 Deri Avenue & 25 Verlands Way Pencoed Bridgend
Received 3 Feb 20047 Tymeinwr Avenue, Blaengarw, CF32 8NE
Received 1 Jun 202620 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LS
Received 6 Nov 2009Overflow OCLP Car Park Elm Crescent Bridgend CF31 4EA
Received 24 Mar 2017Tymaen Farm Station Road Service Road Leading to Tymaen Pont Rhyd y Cyff Maesteg CF34 0EH
Received 18 Oct 2018Land east of Siderise Insulation Limited Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg CF34 0AH
Received 16 Sept 202296 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dl
Received 2 Sept 200427 Newbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 3PB
Received 14 Jul 2017Land Within Marlas Estate North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 28 Sept 2012Old Ambulance Hall Site Bedford Rd Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AY
Received 27 Jan 2011Unit 9 George Street Bridgend Ind Estate CF31 3TS
Received 5 May 20167 Redlands Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YU
Received 1 Mar 201119 Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YN
Received 16 Nov 2007Maesteg Washery Land Reclamation Maesteg
Received 5 Jul 2006Plot 24 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 8YG
Received 11 Oct 201920 Kensington Drive Cefn Glas CF31 4QS
Received 3 Jul 20183B Crown Row Maesteg CF34 0LG
Received 12 Jan 20243 Wellfield Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TR
Received 23 Apr 20143 De Granville Close, Porthcawl, CF36 3JF
Received 26 Jan 202628 Glan Y Nant Tondu CF32 9DQ
Received 27 Sept 202239 West Road Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sn
Received 4 May 2004Records 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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