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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16,046 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15B Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Na
Received 8 Mar 20056 Glynstell Road Porthcawl CF36 3NN
Received 14 Mar 2018Plots 27 & 28 Willowturf Court Sarn Bridgend
Received 16 Mar 200928 Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 11 Mar 2016Plot 10 St Clares Court Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 18 Feb 2022Court House Cafe Bar Derwen Road Bridgend
Received 25 Jun 200325 Lark Rise Brackla CF31 2NU
Received 5 Jan 2021Land north of Windcroft Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0EY
Received 4 Mar 2025Hut 9 Island Farm Bridgend CF31 3LG
Received 25 Nov 201915 Ffridd Las Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Af
Received 27 Feb 2007Bmx Track Former Coegnant Colliery Coegnant Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0TD
Received 28 Mar 201338 Pen-Y-Mynydd, Bettws, Bridgend, CF32 8SB
Received 6 Nov 20248 Heol Dyfed Maesteg CF34 0PJ
Received 26 May 202126 Honeysuckle Way Brackla CF31 2NT
Received 19 Oct 201518 Kennedy Drive Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TW
Received 13 Apr 202328 The Whimbrels Rest Bay Porthcawl Cf36 3Tr
Received 20 Jan 200474 Nolton Street, Bridgend, CF31 3BP
Received 27 Mar 20256 Llys-Y-Fran Llangewydd Court Bridgend Cf31 4Tu
Received 17 Oct 2003Maescadlawr Farm Llangynwyd CF34 9RU
Received 31 Jul 2017Heronston Villa Heronston Lane Bridgend Cf31 3Bx
Received 9 May 2005Preswylfa Pandy Farm Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 18 Apr 201932 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 19 Jul 202353 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 23 Apr 2008The Verlands Playing Fields Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5PB
Received 7 Mar 2012Records 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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