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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.
3,271 approved · 1,604 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
68 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HY
Received 6 Feb 2012Rear of Orchard House Penyfai Road Aberkenfig CF32 9AA
Received 24 Oct 2022Land At Mynydd Pwllyrhebog National Grid Ref 295982 191196
Received 5 Dec 2007The Rock Clevis Hill Porthcawl CF36 5NT
Received 17 Sept 2010Bus shelter adjacent to Sandpiper Inn New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH
Received 10 Oct 2019Land At Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LX
Received 20 Nov 2008YMCA Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4AH
Received 31 Jul 2020Food Court Designer Outlet Village Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 21 Sept 2010Land Adjacent Ty Gwyn Heol Y Graig Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 16 Dec 2013Land at Kenilworth Cefn Cross Cefn Cribbwr CF32 0DB
Received 2 May 2018176 Ffordd Y Parc Litchard CF31 1RA
Received 15 Oct 20142 Rose Terrace Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Sy
Received 27 Jun 20076 Litchard Hill Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QQ
Received 16 Feb 20179 Litchard Terrace Bridgend CF31 1PL
Received 21 Dec 2015Ballarat Court Colman Road Court Colman Penyfai CF32 0HE
Received 16 Oct 20235 Rhyd Y Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JD
Received 16 Aug 20117 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 13 Dec 2007The Nurseries Site Off The Mercies & 12-15 The Mercies Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BG
Received 22 Dec 20113 Cwrt y Cadno Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GL
Received 20 Feb 2017Iron Works Iron Way Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 6 Apr 202128 Eleanor Close, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6RD
Received 3 Dec 2024Bryn Haulog Heol Yr Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 21 Jan 202228 Exchange Street Maesteg CF34 9EA
Received 8 Aug 2019FRF Motors (Bridgend) Toyota Trews Field Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 4LH
Received 19 Nov 2025Records 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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