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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At 1 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AA
Received 15 Feb 201026 Meadow Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HG
Received 7 Feb 201180 Pwll Y Garth Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ET
Received 27 May 20111 Danybryn Gilfach Goch CF39 8RF
Received 17 Jul 2019Dan Y Graig Heol Yr Eglwys Coity CF35 6BG
Received 13 Jun 2016Cafe 21 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BW
Received 24 Apr 201231 Coed Bach Pencoed CF35 6TF
Received 8 Apr 202119-23 Caroline Street Bridgend Cf31 1Dw
Received 15 Aug 2005Land Off Village Farm Road Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BN
Received 3 Jul 2013Blaengarw Old Junior School School Terrace Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Nf
Received 16 Oct 200310 Tennyson Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PU
Received 20 Jan 2016Land Off New Street Pantygog Bridgend Cf32 8Dp
Received 26 Jan 200660 -61 Treharne Road Caerau Maesteg
Received 1 Oct 2007Land At Nottage Mead Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 24 Jun 2008Spar Store 47 Bridge Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DB
Received 1 Mar 2013Land At Former B T Repeater Station Island Farm Bridgend Cf31 3Lg
Received 30 Mar 2007Former Oystercatcher Car Park High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 14 May 2015The Old Malt House Heronstone Lane Bridgend CF31 3AX
Received 2 Mar 201714 Glebeland Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HE
Received 8 Apr 2008Tesco Store Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SQ
Received 11 Feb 20089 Brynglas Terrace Pyle CF33 6AG
Received 27 Nov 2017Treetops Nursing Home Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LY
Received 8 Jul 20119 Mount Earl Bridgend Cf31 3Ey
Received 3 Sept 20041D Kingsway Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YH
Received 24 Jan 2019Records 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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