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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 West Kenfig Ind Estate Margam Port Talbot
Received 24 Oct 20114 Tyn Y Waun Bettws Bridgend CF32 8RY
Received 16 Sept 2009The Court Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NA
Received 27 Sept 20194 Anglia Close Litchard CF31 1QX
Received 13 Jul 2017Llynfi Lodge 8 Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 10 Jun 2011Land at Broadlands House Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FU
Received 7 May 2020St Clare's School Clevis Lane Newton Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NR
Received 29 Jul 20105 Meadow Close Coychurch CF35 5HH
Received 26 Jul 201615 Esterling Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3JL
Received 9 Dec 200818 Glynstell Road Porthcawl CF36 3NN
Received 10 Apr 201488 Maple Drive Brackla CF31 2PR
Received 28 Nov 20171 Chorleywood Close Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Eu
Received 21 Jul 2004Unit 3a Parc Plaza Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 3 Oct 201618 Hillside Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Bg
Received 5 Nov 2003The Brothers Cafe, 15 Ogwy Street, Price Town, Nant-Y-Moel, CF32 7SE
Received 6 Jul 2026Corneli Primary School Greenfield Terrace North Cornelly CF33 4LW
Received 19 Feb 202525 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl Cf36 3Un
Received 18 Oct 200511 Springfield Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LB
Received 10 Jan 20173 St Clares Court Newton Porthcawl CF36 5DS
Received 2 Feb 202423 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HS
Received 14 Aug 200938 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 27 Jul 2016Parcel R26 Parc Derwen Bridgend
Received 29 Jul 2016Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 20 May 2025Land north east of Croft Goch Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6HA
Received 17 Jul 2025Records 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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