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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3,271 approved · 1,605 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 17 May 2010Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AN
Received 30 May 2017Island Farm Institute of Sport Island Farm Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 13 Jan 2017Fairfield House Maesteg Road Llangynwyd CF34 9SN
Received 29 Dec 2020Pant Derwen 21 Sycamore Close Litchard CF31 1QS
Received 15 Jan 201629 West End Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NE
Received 9 Dec 20104 Clos Castell Coity Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DW
Received 20 Apr 20123 Curlew Road Porthcawl CF36 3QA
Received 30 Jun 20209 Woodlands Rise Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4SW
Received 7 Mar 201115 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PT
Received 2 Sept 2020Former Mole Valley Country Stores, Main Avenue, Brackla Industrial Estate, CF31 2AL
Received 14 Jan 2021Tan Y Bryn Dinam Street Nantymoel CF32 7NN
Received 29 Apr 2020Swashways 24/25 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HS
Received 4 Sept 201325 Cae Llwydcoed Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5ES
Received 22 Apr 20143 Ty Coch Avenue Coity CF35 6AH
Received 14 Jan 2020Land At Plumley Close North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4LP
Received 26 Oct 20073 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1EE
Received 26 Jul 201031 Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HD
Received 29 Mar 20113 Ashgrove, Bryntirion, Bridgend, CF31 4EE
Received 27 Nov 2025Frondeg Waterton Road Coychurch CF35 5EN
Received 1 Feb 20179 Maes Hafen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EB
Received 16 Jul 201311 St Davids Road Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4LA
Received 1 Jul 201612 The Quadrangle, Sarn, Bridgend, CF32 9NR
Received 2 Mar 202626 Glan Y Llyn North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EF
Received 27 Jul 2010Records 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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