Understanding planning · 13 min read
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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
13 Llan Road Cwmfelin Maesteg CF34 9HN
Received 20 Mar 20173 St Davids Road Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4La
Received 25 May 2005Land Off New Street Pantygog Bridgend
Received 12 May 2009Tondu Waste Transfer Station off Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9HZ
Received 6 Nov 202414 Katie Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8AB
Received 18 Mar 20132 Maes Yr Eirlys Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dg
Received 25 Mar 2004Land off Cefn Carfan Rhiwceiliog Bryncethin CF35 6LF
Received 18 Apr 201811 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1BX
Received 18 May 20171 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Ind Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BJ
Received 27 Mar 2009Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1RQ
Received 28 Jan 202237 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DH
Received 25 Oct 2007Dan-Y-Graig, Heol Yr Eglwys, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BG
Received 10 Jan 2024The Walnut Tree 110 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DA
Received 25 Oct 2018Grove Quarry Heol-y-splot South Cornelly CF33 4RR
Received 24 Mar 2026Caerau Service Station, Hermon Road, Caerau, Maesteg Cf34 0Sy
Received 2 Jun 2005Unit 12 New Street Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3UD
Received 24 Feb 20202 Linnett Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nx
Received 22 Feb 200623 Llan Road, Cwmfelin, Maesteg, CF34 9HN
Received 30 May 2025Sandown Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PR
Received 6 Jan 2020Llynfi Vale Kennels Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TZ
Received 9 Apr 20081 Federation Lane Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LQ
Received 24 May 2013Sker House Kenfig Bridgend Cf36 3Pj
Received 10 Mar 2004Former St James Church Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Be
Received 1 Sept 200431 Limetree Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AU
Received 26 May 2011Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage