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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.
3,011 approved · 1,527 refused · 905 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
34 John Street Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AD
Received 10 Mar 2015Coed Y Gaer Farm Hendre Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RA
Received 23 Jun 20106 Clos y Gog Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FP
Received 19 Jul 202295 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 11 Jul 201915 Pant Hirgoed Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6YD
Received 7 Oct 200931 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DL
Received 17 Nov 2021Parcel R18 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 7 Jul 2010Mynydd Cynffig Infants School Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DN
Received 28 Mar 201375 and 77 Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3DH
Received 17 Jul 201822 Sycamore Close Litchard CF31 1QS
Received 20 Feb 201847 Coegnant Road Maesteg CF34 0TW
Received 8 Jul 202031 Plas Morlais North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LU
Received 2 Apr 2009Wern Dew Farm Heol Persondy Aberkenfig CF32 9RH
Received 10 Nov 2017Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 8 Mar 2018Garage site adj 44 Canberra Road Bridgend CF31 1HH
Received 22 Sept 2017Land at former open cast coal site and land to the north of A473
Received 11 Dec 2020Land Rear Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 20 Oct 2015Asda Stores Ltd Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 3AG
Received 9 Apr 2015Albert Edward Prince of Wales Court Penylan Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LY
Received 30 Jan 2017Land At Dyffryn Oaks (Phase 4) Off Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 12 May 2009Unit 27 South Cornelly Industrial Estate South Cornelly CF33 4RE
Received 19 Aug 2020Union School of Theology Bryntirion House Bryntirion CF31 4DX
Received 24 Jan 2020Land off Princess Way Northern Roundabout North of Cae Cenydd Coity Higher Bridgend CF31 2ES
Received 26 Jan 202625 Ton Teg Pencoed CF35 5ND
Received 19 Jan 2024Records 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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