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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to The White Wheat Caravan Site Zig-Zag Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EH
Received 24 Jun 2025Land At Dunraven Business Park Off Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 5 Apr 201643 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 2 Aug 2022Bryneithin House Crown Road Maesteg CF34 0LN
Received 6 Jul 2015Land South West Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 19 Feb 2013Bryntirion Post Office Bryn Golau Bryntirion CF31 4DD
Received 24 Jun 2019Asda Store Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AN
Received 21 Dec 20115 Moorlands Road Bridgend Cf31 3Dr
Received 5 Jun 200722 Greenmeadow Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BJ
Received 15 Apr 201037 Maiden Street Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Hp
Received 20 Jun 2005Land Adjoining 1 Pentwyn Rd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sb
Received 22 Mar 200448A Nolton Street Bridgend
Received 31 Jan 2005Garden Of Innisfree Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Dr
Received 10 Aug 2006The General Picton 57 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DH
Received 15 Nov 2013Bethel Mission Pwllygath Street Kenfig Hill Cf33 6Et
Received 2 Nov 2004122 Oxford Street, Pontycymer, CF32 8DF
Received 20 May 20268 Bryn Awel Bryntirion Bridgend Cf31 4Dl
Received 14 Dec 200579 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 24 Jan 2018Rear of The Precinct Rowan Drive Porthcawl CF36 5AT
Received 11 Jun 201819 Penylan Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LE
Received 26 Oct 2016Bridgend Paper Mills, Llangynwyd, CF34 9RS
Received 28 Sept 2015Land North of Bryngarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 8 Jan 201815A Talbot Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bw
Received 17 Jan 2005Rose Meadow Yard Croft Top Farm off A48 Laleston
Received 15 Oct 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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