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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
16,046 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Maes Yr Ysgall Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6FF
Received 17 Jan 2022Land north-west of cricket ground Garreg Side Blaengarw CF32 8NL
Received 24 Feb 2022Wildmill Community Life Centre 9 The Precinct Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Sh
Received 19 Sept 2006The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 17 Jul 201755 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg Park Maesteg Cf34 9Lw
Received 15 Jan 2004Sainsburys The Derwen Bridgend CF32 9ST
Received 23 Nov 2020Land adjacent to 2 Waterton Road Waterton CF31 3YY
Received 28 Oct 202130 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 11 Mar 20092 Heol Mair Litchard Bridgend CF31 1YL
Received 26 Apr 2010Aldi foodstore Land off Princess Way northern roundabout North of Cae Cenydd Brackla CF31 2ES
Received 13 Aug 202615 Windsor Road Porthcawl CF36 3LR
Received 25 Apr 2017Land Off Cypress Gardens Porthcawl Cf36 5Bz
Received 22 Dec 2004The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 7 Apr 20171 North Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ND
Received 2 May 200829 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HS
Received 12 Jun 200983A Meadow Lane Porthcawl CF36 5EY
Received 4 Jun 201518 Bridge Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Al
Received 16 Mar 200635 Sandpiper Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3UT
Received 18 Jul 202540 Penylan Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LL
Received 23 Mar 2007Unit 1 Bocam Park Pencoed Bridgend
Received 23 Sept 200510 Llys Briallen Brackla CF31 2BG
Received 17 Mar 202088 Coychurch Road Bridgend Cf31 2Ap
Received 7 Jun 2005Land To Side 7 Heol Castell Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BH
Received 12 Jul 2010128 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DU
Received 13 Sept 2013Records 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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