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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf32 4Sn
Received 29 Mar 200437 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6AJ
Received 11 Aug 200944 Park Street, Bridgend, CF31 4AZ
Received 20 Oct 202548 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LR
Received 3 Dec 2020113 Maple Drive Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pr
Received 23 May 2006Hope Congregational Church Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 13 Sept 201342 & 42A Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 3Bn
Received 27 Mar 200611 South Road Porthcawl Cf36 3Dh
Received 12 Oct 20064 The Bungalow Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SP
Received 25 Jul 200874 Chantal Avenue Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Nw
Received 17 Sept 2010Ysgol Bryn Castell Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 14 Jul 2015Lower Waun Davey Heol Llan Coity, Bridgend Cf35 6Bu
Received 15 Oct 200416 Dennis Place Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Yp
Received 29 Nov 200517 Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 9 Apr 2021104 Bridgend Road Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Nb
Received 30 Jun 2005Land At Carreg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 4SF
Received 25 Nov 20141 Preswylfa Court, Main Road, Coychurch, Bridgend, CF35 5ES
Received 10 Apr 2025Wyndham House, Wyndham Street, Bridgend
Received 5 Jun 2026Land at Cwmdu Isaf Farm Llangynwyd CF34 0DG
Received 1 Sept 2015Land At Tremains Farm Brackla Bridgend
Received 29 Dec 2003Plot 13 Saville Road Penllwyngwent Industrial Estate Ogmore Vale CF32 7AX
Received 8 Jul 202124 Alma Road Maesteg CF34 9AW
Received 19 Dec 2018Springfield 28 Heol Tyn Yr Garn Penyfai CF31 4NZ
Received 5 Jul 201633 Wyndham Street Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RT
Received 28 Feb 2018Records 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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