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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.
3,376 approved · 1,645 refused · 935 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Freeschool Court Evangelical Church, Free School Court, Bridgend, CF31 1DD
Received 30 Sept 20201 Mount Pleasant Blaengarw CF32 8AL
Received 28 Mar 2018The Mount 7 Clevis Hill Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NT
Received 14 Aug 20179 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 10 Aug 2017Former Stormy West Landfill Site Stormy Down Pyle
Received 30 Oct 2015Grove Cottage Porthcawl Road South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RP
Received 27 Mar 2009Land At Rear Of 27 Westend Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Ug
Received 30 Mar 200722 Maes Y Felin Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1YN
Received 9 Aug 20211 Vale View Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BU
Received 15 Feb 20085 Hawkhurst Court Porthcawl CF36 3NU
Received 21 Jun 2016Vacant unit at ASDA site Ffald Road Shopping Centre Pyle Bridgend CF33 6PE
Received 15 Feb 201931 Heol Cambrensis Pyle Bridgend
Received 2 Jun 2008Cefn Gelli Fields Llangeinor To Bettws Road Bettws Bridgend CF32 8PH
Received 5 Aug 201342 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 11 Mar 2024Gh Griffiths & Son Petrostore Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3BD
Received 5 Nov 2012Side Of 58 Brynllywarch Off Kier Haride Road Maesteg
Received 7 Sept 2007Trecco Bay Caravan Park Porthcawl CF36 5NG
Received 2 Nov 202157 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 19 Jul 2022Car Park Abercerdin Road Evanstown
Received 11 Jul 201323 Cwrt Y Coed Brackla CF31 2ST
Received 22 Nov 2017Land At Plot 6 Bryn Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7DW
Received 25 Feb 20144 Glynbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 1LN
Received 16 Feb 202333 Woodstock Gardens Pencoed CF35 6ST
Received 20 Aug 201880 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4BD
Received 2 Dec 2022Records 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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