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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.
3,080 approved · 1,551 refused · 911 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 2006 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Honeysuckle Way Brackla CF31 2NT
Received 6 Jul 2021Meadow Rise Porthcawl Road South Cornelly CF33 4RE
Received 28 Mar 202371 Pwllygath Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6ET
Received 5 Jul 2010Williams & Evans 2 Queen Street Bridgend CF31 1HX
Received 20 Feb 20143M Centre Technology Drive Bridgend Science Park Bridgend CF31 3NA
Received 7 Jan 201434 Waun Bant Road, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6DE
Received 21 Aug 20256 Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 5NW
Received 18 Aug 202314 Cheltenham Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PT
Received 14 Dec 202117 Pentyla Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0BB
Received 27 Jun 20138 Cefn Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JE
Received 1 Apr 201549 Craiglas Llangeinor CF32 8NT
Received 24 Jun 2014238 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NL
Received 29 Apr 20212 Laurel Close Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9TJ
Received 21 Jun 2011Grove Cottage South Cornelly CF33 4RP
Received 6 Nov 202370 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 21 Apr 2009Ael Y Bryn Bungalow Ty Coch Avenue Coity CF35 6AH
Received 15 May 20197 Chestnut Drive Newton Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 8 Oct 2024Land West of Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9DF
Received 22 Oct 2020Coach House Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 15 Dec 2008Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Bridgend CF33 6BJ
Received 23 Jun 201639 Pen-Y-Mynydd Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SE
Received 20 Jan 2011St Theodores Church High Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DR
Received 24 Sept 201510 Bramble Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PS
Received 31 Dec 20201 Greenacres South Cornelly CF33 4SE
Received 14 May 2013Records 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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