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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16,044 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,140 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Chilcott Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Bridgend CF32 9RQ
Received 22 Feb 201083 Garfield Avenue Litchard Bridgend
Received 11 May 2005Pencoed Technology Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 3HZ
Received 1 Jul 2008Former Bryncethin Nurseries & S Wales Wood Recycling Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw CF35 6BU
Received 16 Aug 201638 Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NG
Received 7 Dec 2018Dyffryn Cottage Tranch Nr. Laleston Bridgend CF32 0NR
Received 9 Mar 2009Land between Heol Laethog and Heol Y Cyw Bridgend
Received 13 Dec 202115 Pen Llwyn Broadway Bridgend Cf31 5Az
Received 7 Oct 2005Land At Former Oddfellows Arms Tonna Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0RU
Received 10 Oct 2008Plot 3 Swn Yr Afon Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 18 Jan 2008Land At The Triangle Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LL
Received 2 May 201227 Llynfi Court Maesteg CF34 9NJ
Received 20 May 20091 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn CF32 8YB
Received 27 Jul 20186 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UD
Received 11 Feb 200821 Cefn Coed Bridgend Cf31 4Ph
Received 5 Dec 2005Brackla & Litchard Ind. Estate, Jctn. Heol West Plas & Main Av., Litchard Bridgend
Received 20 Jan 200521 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 25 Sept 201381 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 2 Apr 2019Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BT
Received 23 Apr 2019Land Adj To Ty Bryn Hillside Pant-Yr-Awel Bridgend Cf32 7Lj
Received 28 Sept 200612 Duke Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LT
Received 20 Mar 2013Unit 5 Royal London Park Waterton CF31 3TN
Received 14 May 2020Land off Princess Way northern roundabout North of Cae Cenydd Brackla CF31 2ES
Received 22 Dec 2023Land Adj Delfryn Mawdlam Bridgend
Received 22 Sept 2010Records 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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