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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
16,039 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LR
Received 4 May 20205 Alison Court Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SA
Received 4 Jul 201226 Heol Y Sheet North Cornelly CF33 4EY
Received 22 Jul 201918 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 21 Oct 201613 Church Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Lb
Received 18 Oct 200620 Wernlys Road, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4NS
Received 1 Dec 202515a Crown Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6EN
Received 13 May 2019Bronfair Allotment Off Cwmdu Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 11 Jan 20101 St Christophers Road Newton Porthcawl CF36 5RU
Received 28 Feb 20177 West Park Drive Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Rb
Received 19 Jun 200611 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 30 Jan 2015Bryngarw Country Park Brynmenyn CF32 8UU
Received 29 Nov 2017South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 7 Dec 2020Mardy Cottage Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sy
Received 23 Feb 200617 Pant Hendre Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LN
Received 21 Dec 201031 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 25 Mar 200951 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Qf
Received 9 Sept 20049 Caldy Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3QL
Received 17 Oct 2013New Farm Building (O.S. 862 891) Neaudd Domos Farm Cwmfelin Maesteg
Received 14 Aug 20038 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EJ
Received 5 Jun 20184 Grove Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ef
Received 14 Nov 200370 Foxhollows Brackla CF31 2NH
Received 15 Jul 2020New Surgery Primary Care Centre, Hendre Road Relief Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6YP
Received 14 May 202612 Duffryn Oaks Drive (Plot 32) Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Lz
Received 19 Jul 2007Records 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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