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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coity Castle Inn 2 Morfa Street Bridgend CF31 1HA
Received 12 Jul 2021Wesley Hall Methodist Church Pwllygarth Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6RD
Received 6 Sept 201019 Glan Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TG
Received 23 May 200761 Springfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1HP
Received 9 Aug 2016.
Received 24 Feb 200616 Redshank Close Porthcawl CF36 3UG
Received 19 Aug 2021Porthcawl Western Breakwater Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl
Received 11 Jun 202112 Garfield Avenue Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QA
Received 20 Dec 20111 Florence Street Porthcawl CF36 3PF
Received 12 Sept 20227 Wernlys Road Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Ns
Received 19 Oct 2006South Lodge Court Colman Bridgend CF31 4NG
Received 11 Feb 2008Greenfield Bungalow Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HR
Received 12 Nov 201916 Brynawel Bridgend CF31 4DL
Received 29 Feb 2012Parc Tir Iarll Community Park Maesteg Road Llangynwyd
Received 23 Jul 20204 Clos Y Golomen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FQ
Received 17 Sept 2021Unit 1-5 The Precinct 13-15 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DL
Received 12 Jan 202419 Lougher Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Bj
Received 9 Jan 2004Rose Cottage Main Road, Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Es
Received 1 Apr 2004136/137 Commercial Street Maesteg Cf34 9Dw
Received 15 Dec 200619 Cae Garn Heol Y Cyw Bridgend
Received 21 Jan 2005Prior Garth Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 23 Jul 2010Ground Floor 52 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 9 Apr 202617 Richard Street Pontycymmer Cf32 8Hu
Received 17 Jan 2006Land Part Of 7 Pangbourne Close West Park Porthcawl Cf36 3Nl
Received 6 Sept 2005Records 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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