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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.
2,681 approved · 1,421 refused · 861 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 15 Jun 2020Land Adj 8 Heol Y Foelas Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RR
Received 29 Jan 20151 Cemetery Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7HT
Received 14 Sept 201525 Summerfield Drive Porthcawl CF36 3PB
Received 28 Feb 2019The Pheasant Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 4 Nov 2019West Lodge, Court Colman, Bridgend, CF31 4NG
Received 14 May 202584 High Street, Heol-Y-Cyw, Bridgend, CF35 6HY
Received 17 Dec 20254 Woodland Avenue Pencoed CF35 6UP
Received 6 Nov 201827 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DW
Received 19 Sept 201636 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DA
Received 4 Apr 2018Bridgend & Dist. Model Eng. Society Fountain Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 0EH
Received 31 Jul 2009Brickability, South Road, Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3XG
Received 7 Jan 2025N.W. Part Of Fmr Stormy Down Aerodrome Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 6 Feb 2015Tythegston Court Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0NE
Received 8 Nov 2011Shoe Zone 31 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AP
Received 16 Aug 2010Rockwool Ltd Wern Tarw Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 21 Sept 201830 Pugsley Gardens Bryncethin CF32 9DX
Received 29 Mar 2018Verge to front of 8 Heol Richard Price Bettws CF32 8SG
Received 3 Mar 2020Land east of Cwm Felin & south of Graig Terrace / Ebenezer Terrace Blackmill
Received 18 Feb 202538 Parkfields Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NQ
Received 6 Apr 2021Site of the former Sunnyside Council Offices and Magistrates Court Adjacent to Sunnyside Road and Glan-y-Parc Bridgend
Received 20 Feb 20263 Long Acre Drive Porthcawl CF36 3SB
Received 25 Mar 2011Wesley Hall Methodist Church Pwllygath Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend
Received 16 Mar 200936 Brynawel, Bettws, Bridgend, CF32 8SA
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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