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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Well Pharmacy 89 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9BA
Received 24 Mar 201719 Carn Wen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BW
Received 5 Nov 2019Betws Primary School Bettws Road Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TB
Received 14 Oct 2011264 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Ba
Received 18 Oct 20051 Alma Houses Alma Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ar
Received 22 Jan 200416 Dol Wen Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RS
Received 23 Nov 202110 Heol Yr Ysgol Ynysawdre Bridgend CF32 9ET
Received 22 Jun 2012Former Opencast Coal Site, Llanilid, Llanharan, Pontyclun
Received 16 Jun 2005Land Off Heol Bryncwils Sarn Bridgend
Received 25 Jul 2013Coity Road Sidings Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 7 Nov 2012Heol Y Cyw Rfc 37 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 7 Jun 20105 Jubilee Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 1 Jun 202021 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pt
Received 16 Mar 2007Lidl Foodstore Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DP
Received 28 Dec 200714 Woodside Avenue Litchard Bridgend
Received 14 Jun 20062 Wind Street Laleston Bridgend
Received 5 Jan 200526 Macdonald Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NJ
Received 4 Jun 201051 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Jg
Received 12 Aug 201023A Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BD
Received 28 Apr 2011Pleasant View, Bryncethin, Bridgend, CF32 9YJ
Received 16 Mar 2026122 Fulmar Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PW
Received 25 Jan 2016Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club Kenfig CF33 4PU
Received 12 Oct 202145 Parc Tyn y Waun Maesteg CF34 9RG
Received 16 Feb 2021Land at Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend CF32 0NP
Received 19 May 2022Records 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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