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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.
3,327 approved · 1,629 refused · 934 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 2006 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Willows 200 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BH
Received 11 Jul 201836 Maes Y Wern Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TE
Received 7 Jun 201024 Cae Gwyllt Broadlands CF31 5FF
Received 11 Mar 2022Westwinds Penyfai CF31 4LL
Received 25 Apr 2019Northern Hanger Former Airfield Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 1 Sept 200925 Waterton Close Waterton Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 19 Aug 2009Former School Playing Fields Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 11 May 20172 Fairfax Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3EN
Received 14 Feb 202390 Beach Road Porthcawl Mid Glamorgan CF36 5NE
Received 14 Sept 2010Bryngarw Country Park Brynmenyn CF32 8UU
Received 30 Nov 2017Gelli Hir Farm Llangynwyd CF34 0EA
Received 1 Jun 201616 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl CF36 5AD
Received 6 Mar 2018Land Part Of Waun Dafydd Farm Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AB
Received 23 Mar 2011Plot 13 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 14 Nov 20172 Duffrynmadog Maesteg CF34 0BE
Received 1 Dec 202126 Chestnut Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AD
Received 20 Mar 2009Betws Primary School Betws Road Betws CF32 8YD
Received 25 Nov 20157 Green Meadow Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BJ
Received 7 Jul 2011Heol Y Cyw Rfc 37 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 7 Jan 2011To side of 50B Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4PG
Received 8 Sept 2016Plot north of Maple House All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BX
Received 3 Sept 2019123 Llewellyn Street Former Tynewydd Funeral Home Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7BY
Received 16 May 201221 Gelliaur Pencoed CF35 6JQ
Received 19 Apr 202273 Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DD
Received 20 Nov 2017Records 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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