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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.
2,738 approved · 1,442 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Locks Court Porthcawl CF36 3JJ
Received 19 Jun 201312 Llangeinor Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LY
Received 2 Dec 202116 & 17 Pen y Fro Pencoed CF35 6JG
Received 3 Feb 2023Ge Carpentry Services Ltd Forge Industrial Estate Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AY
Received 15 Mar 2011Land at Former RAF Facility Mount Pleasant Road Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 22 Jul 2020Maes Y Deri House Heol Wastad Waun Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UY
Received 27 Nov 2008The Oystercatcher 47 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 9 May 2013112 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BH
Received 26 Jan 202333 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 7 Jan 202218 Oak Tree Drive, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5BQ
Received 19 May 2025Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn CF32 9RW
Received 9 Oct 20209 Magpie Place Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FJ
Received 1 Dec 2020Greenmeadow Farm, Piggery Lane, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, CF34 9RU
Received 17 Mar 202577 Pyle Inn Way Pyle CF33 6LP
Received 7 Jul 2022Celtic Tyres Princes Way Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3TT
Received 26 Apr 201284 Pyle Inn Way Pyle CF33 6LH
Received 15 Mar 2021Former The Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 3 Sept 20198 Pintail Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3QD
Received 8 Feb 201737 West Street Maesteg CF34 9AF
Received 16 Feb 201628 Albert Street Caerau Maesteg CF34 0UF
Received 29 Oct 202070 The Spinney Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JE
Received 28 Jun 2015South Parade Playing Fields Maesteg CF34 0AB
Received 4 Mar 20245 Elder Drive Porthcawl CF36 5RH
Received 19 Apr 202224 Ffordd Sanderling Porthcawl CF36 3TD
Received 17 Sept 2019Records 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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