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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 in front of Deanos Cafe 13 Millers Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9TX
Received 19 Apr 201842 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 4 Aug 2009Rowan House Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LW
Received 3 Jun 200849 Cwm Felin Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EJ
Received 14 Apr 2010Harlew 105 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DN
Received 4 May 2022Land between 16 & 17 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AD
Received 26 Aug 201613 Easterly Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2NA
Received 29 Jul 2009Manor Farm, The Barns Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 12 Jun 2020Land East Of 11 & 12 Ty Isaf Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0Au
Received 22 Dec 2006Bay Tree Cottage 1 West End Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NE
Received 10 Dec 20219 Llwyn Castan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FG
Received 6 Jul 2011Tynewydd Farmhouse Spion Kop Ogmore Vale CF32 7BT
Received 13 Sept 2010Green Space North of Archdeacon John Lewis Primary School Brackla Way Brackla CF31 2JS
Received 24 Jun 20242 Pant Gwyn Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Ba
Received 29 Oct 200315 Hillsboro, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4DJ
Received 23 Apr 202561 High Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DU
Received 6 Jan 2021Plot 28 Afon Gardens Abergarw Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LF
Received 16 Apr 201514 Kings Terrace Nantyffyllon Maesteg Cf34 0Hd
Received 13 Oct 2003Choices Video 1 Brackla Street Centre Bridgend CF31 1DD
Received 16 May 200717 Ffordd Y Mynach Pyle CF33 6HT
Received 1 Jul 2016Capel Y Tabernacl 18 Fenton Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Dw
Received 10 Nov 2004Blast Furnace 4 Tata Steelworks Margam Port Talbot
Received 3 Feb 2012Coed Parc Park Street Bridgend CF31 4HE
Received 29 Jun 2023Land off Heol Croes Faen Porthcawl CF36 3SW
Received 31 Aug 2023Records 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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