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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bridgend County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,877 approved · 1,489 refused · 888 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 2006 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
HMP & YOI Parc, Heol Hopcyn John, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6AP
Received 22 Apr 2025Island Farm Institute of Sport Island Farm Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 8 Mar 201780 Heol Onnen North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DS
Received 30 Apr 200848 Station Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AL
Received 5 Jul 2013Land adjacent to Stanwell House Blackmill Road Lewistown CF32 7HU
Received 14 Mar 2018Cefn Glas Sub Station Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas CF31 4QL
Received 5 Jan 2015Land north/west of RAFA Club 6-8 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DN
Received 5 Sept 2023Maesteg Golf Club, Mount Pleasant Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PR
Received 14 Sept 202112 Dan Y Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BG
Received 15 Jul 2009St Johns Ambulance Hall Bedford Close Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AY
Received 7 Oct 2019Land Base Building Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 4 Aug 20203 Heol Fair, Porthcawl, CF36 5LA
Received 28 Mar 2024Between 34 & 45 Yr Hendre Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EG
Received 18 Nov 201318 Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AE
Received 14 Jun 201023 Ty Merchant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6PN
Received 30 Dec 2013Chapel Mews Chapel Street Bridgend
Received 3 Aug 20189 De Londres Close Porthcawl CF36 3JE
Received 10 Aug 201736 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EN
Received 7 Sept 2021Somerfield Store, Castle St Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9UN
Received 26 Jan 2011Former Betting Office Bryn Glas Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4ES
Received 14 Dec 20101 Pant Poeth Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BD
Received 17 May 2011B2 (Plot 112) Village Farm Road, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Pyle, Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 13 Dec 2024Deanos Cafe 13 Millers Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9TX
Received 12 Mar 2021Land between 47 & 49 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HW
Received 8 Apr 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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