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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.
3,379 approved · 1,648 refused · 935 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127 Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NY
Received 29 Sept 2008New Hibernian 13 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EU
Received 4 Jan 2013Plot 1 Land Between Crown Road And Crown Rise Maesteg Bridgend
Received 22 Jul 2009Curtilage Of No 11 The Retreat Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TF
Received 26 Jun 2008Bryngwyntog Hendre Road Coity bridgend CF35 6RB
Received 6 Mar 201713 Kittiwake Close, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3UU
Received 8 Nov 202412 Fairy Glen Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7HA
Received 4 Apr 20081 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JH
Received 4 Sept 20151 Rockfields Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PE
Received 26 May 20111A Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1EA
Received 15 Jul 202150 Mary Street Porthcawl CF36 5YA
Received 25 Jan 201855 Chantal Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NW
Received 8 Jul 2011Cefn Cribwr Garage Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AA
Received 20 Aug 20212 Bayliss Road Bryncoch Bridgend CF32 9NX
Received 24 May 201628 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DH
Received 6 Dec 201050 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 15 Sept 2008Y Lletty Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 19 Dec 2022Land South Of Joslin Road Bridgend Cf35 6Bd
Received 6 Jul 20077 Grove Road Bridgend CF31 3EH
Received 17 May 2011Land at Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YW
Received 11 Nov 202111 Cross Street Maesteg CF34 9YT
Received 5 Dec 2016114 Pendre Bridgend CF31 1PG
Received 19 Aug 2021Bluebays 2 The Green Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3AX
Received 25 Apr 201614 The Burrows Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AJ
Received 7 Dec 2009Records 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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