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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 south of All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 1 Apr 202022 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dd
Received 6 May 2005Tyn Y Caeau Farm Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AN
Received 18 Nov 201936 Heol Y Geifr Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UH
Received 20 Mar 200913 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LQ
Received 6 Oct 200814 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 6 Apr 2018The Jennings Building Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 7 Apr 201717 Tal Coed, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6QA
Received 2 Mar 202631 Heol y Goedwig Porthcawl CF36 5DU
Received 30 Aug 2022Land South Side of Pant Hirwaun, Heol Y Cyw
Received 12 Jul 201822 Barnardo Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Ht
Received 11 May 200429-31 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 19 Dec 202514 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 11 Apr 2005Land east of A4061 (BNDR) Coity / Brackla CF31 2AN
Received 21 May 2018Plot 14 Afon Gardens Abergarw Road Bridgend CF32 9LF
Received 15 Sept 20141 Woodland Place North Cornelly CF33 4EW
Received 21 Nov 201622 Llwydarth Cottages, Llwydarth Road, Maesteg, CF34 9HA
Received 28 Sept 201133 Nicholls Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LH
Received 30 May 20075 Y Dderwen Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HX
Received 3 Dec 2007Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl
Received 22 Dec 2011Dan Y Warfa Mount Pleasant Road Rear Lane For Numbers 1 To 18 Blaengarw CF32 8AH
Received 1 Dec 202076 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4BD
Received 7 Nov 200748 High View Bridgend CF31 1TL
Received 14 Oct 20103 The Precinct Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1SP
Received 21 May 2008Records 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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