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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.
3,249 approved · 1,598 refused · 925 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 1 May 200827 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 20 May 2019Land S/W Of Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend
Received 11 Jul 200863 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AY
Received 7 Mar 201919 Glebeland Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HE
Received 26 Oct 202238 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EX
Received 1 Jun 2015Bloomfield Farm Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LP
Received 16 Jan 201713 Parkfields Penyfai CF31 4NQ
Received 19 Feb 202162 Anglesey Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QP
Received 30 Apr 20128 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 9 May 20174 Tydraw Crescent Pyle Bridgend CF33 4AN
Received 19 Jun 200916 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 10 Jan 2012The Fat Sausage O/S Ccs Car Park Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 14 Feb 201294 Ffordd Y Draen Coity CF35 6DQ
Received 20 Jul 2023Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 2 Apr 20243 Gerddi'r Afon Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 6 Oct 2020Land at Brynmenyn and Bryncethin Bridgend
Received 4 Apr 20251 Ty Fry Close Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 8YB
Received 19 Jan 2010Wiggleys Fun Farm Aberbaiden Road Ffordd y Gyfraith Bridgend CF32 0BQ
Received 18 Jan 2021Cwm Coedcae Farm Heol y Cyw CF35 6NW
Received 14 Sept 20228 Llan Road Llangynwyd CF34 9TD
Received 5 Jul 201616 St Davids Road Cefn Glas CF31 4LA
Received 11 Aug 202019 West End Avenue Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3NE
Received 12 Oct 201113 Pant Morfa Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EL
Received 9 Dec 2008Records 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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