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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.
3,277 approved · 1,607 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Horsefair Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 23 Jul 2010141 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DW
Received 16 Feb 2010Land rear 33 Heol Tywith Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0TL
Received 14 Aug 20239 Westfield Avenue Bridgend CF31 4HN
Received 5 Feb 2008Laleston Bypass A48 South Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 13 Sept 2007SeaView Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TB
Received 15 Mar 201224 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands CF31 5AA
Received 27 Apr 2020Land East of A48 (Crack Hill) Brocastle Bridgend CF35 5AU
Received 20 Jan 2025Cornelly Quarry Heol Y Splot South Cornelly CF33 4RD
Received 31 Jan 20182 Plas Kenfig North Cornelly CF33 4BN
Received 12 Dec 2018Old Barns 1 Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NS
Received 1 Mar 2019TJ Car Sales Ltd Heronston Lane Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 4 Feb 201913 Cricklewood Close Cefn Glas CF31 4RB
Received 11 Jul 2018St Johns House Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 20 Oct 2015Old Kings Head Site Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NH
Received 28 Mar 2011Land rear of 44 Long Acre North Cornelly CF33 4BE
Received 27 Apr 2020174 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5ED
Received 11 Mar 2016Grass Verge Opp. Cae Llwyd Coed Broadlands Bridgend
Received 27 Sept 201220 Heol Ty'n Y Garn Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend CF31 4NZ
Received 11 May 2014Former Crown Inn access road off Pyle Road Pyle CF33 6PL
Received 18 May 20214 George Street Caerau Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UU
Received 1 Mar 2010Land Adj The Windrush Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PT
Received 24 Feb 2009Andmar House Trews Field Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 4LH
Received 24 May 2022St Johns School Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SJ
Received 19 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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