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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 School Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9LN
Received 26 Sept 2007Porthcawl Hotel John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AP
Received 29 Aug 2025Old Station Yard Porthcawl CF36 5TH
Received 29 Mar 202328 Westward Place Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4XA
Received 20 Jun 2011Plot Adj. Llanmoor Dev. Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31
Received 22 Mar 2006Phoenix Wharf Phoenix Wharf Access Road Port Talbot SA13 1RE
Received 9 Jun 2023Land south of M4 Motorway East of A48 Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 8 Oct 2020The Fruit Bowl Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8DW
Received 13 May 2013Bridgend Road Llangynwyd Square Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Sw
Received 5 Aug 2003Plot adjoining 40 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7DW
Received 29 Aug 20193 Redlands Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Yu
Received 21 Sept 2004Land Adj To 19 Danygraig Av. Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Aa
Received 23 Aug 2005Plot 2 Land R/O Arwerydd Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend
Received 2 Sept 2008Land Off The Spinney And To The Rear Of Supermarket At Brackla Way, Brackla
Received 6 Nov 2003Sarn Park Motorway Services Area Bridgend CF32 9RW
Received 1 Jun 201615 Ffordd Yr Afon Llangewydd Court Bridgend CF31 4UB
Received 9 Sept 2009Mynydd Portref Extension Argoed Edwin Farm Llanharan Ponyclun CF72 9NG
Received 15 Aug 2012Talyfan Isaf Newmill Blackmill
Received 15 Mar 2016Rear Of 3 Harvey Street Maesteg Cf34 0Ae
Received 30 Oct 200625 Graham Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NR
Received 22 Mar 2017Mordal Bay View Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NF
Received 29 Jan 200817 Station Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ep
Received 31 Mar 2005Caner Mawr Farm Caner Bach Farm Access Off The Old Parish Road Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EP
Received 26 Apr 2021Angel Fish Bar Unit 11 Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 26 Aug 2011Records 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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