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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel CF32 7SS
Received 17 Feb 202053 St. Michael's Way, Brackla, Bridgend Cf31 2Bt
Received 26 May 2005Lloyds Tsb Unit 3 Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sb
Received 30 Oct 2006Litchard Cross ARC Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF31 1PA
Received 25 Mar 2021Carline Transport Site / Compact Cars Ewenny Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YY
Received 18 Aug 202640 Church View Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HF
Received 3 Jun 2016'Orchard Cottage' Church Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF35 5NP
Received 3 Aug 201221 Glan Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Tg
Received 19 Dec 200534 Turberville Street Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Lp
Received 12 Jan 2007McDonald's Restaurant Picton Court Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 7 Jun 201773 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Pa
Received 2 Aug 200651 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Dh
Received 11 May 2004Llan Dewi Heol Spencer Coity Bridgend Cf35 6As
Received 3 Nov 2003Land At Cae Cael Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LY
Received 10 Dec 2007Land Adjacent To 19 Bettws Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HY
Received 1 Jun 2010Telecoms Site At Blaenclydwyn Farm Blackmill Bridgend
Received 2 Dec 2008Cell 2 Morfa Landfill Tata Steel Strip Products Margam Port Talbot
Received 5 Dec 201121 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 22 Jan 2021Duffryn Farmhouse Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6PT
Received 27 Jun 201710-12 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 21 Oct 2016Former Fiskars Building Newlands Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2DA
Received 7 Jul 20141 Greenmeadow Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BJ
Received 4 Jan 2011Former CCS Store Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 21 Dec 2018Land At St Illtyd's Road Bridgend CF31 4JY
Received 18 Mar 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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