Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,441 approved · 1,675 refused · 939 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Court Colman Penyfai CF31 4NG
Received 3 Dec 2015Highgrove House 159 West Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3RT
Received 9 Sept 2024Newton Well Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NH
Received 28 Apr 201615 Glyn Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AS
Received 1 Aug 2014Cefn Gelli Fields Bettws Road Llangeinor
Received 26 Mar 201529 Davies Avenue Litchard Bridgend CF31 1PS
Received 24 Jun 202137 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DH
Received 25 Oct 20072 Melton Drive Bridgend CF31 3ET
Received 3 Dec 201945 Heol Y Geifr Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UH
Received 27 Apr 201113 Heol Maendy Sarn Bridgend CF32 9UW
Received 15 Aug 2012Penybryn Bridgend Road Bryncethin CF32 9TG
Received 30 Jan 201750 St Marie Street Bridgend CF31 3EE
Received 21 Jan 2020Eyre Court House Newton Nottage Road, Newton Porthcawl CF36 5PF
Received 7 Nov 2024Land Adjacent To Moira Terrace Ogmore Vale CF32 7BU
Received 12 Jun 2015Smf Engineering Ltd North Road Bridgend Ind Estate CF31 3TP
Received 29 Nov 2007Whitehall Cottage Penyfai CF31 4NE
Received 14 Nov 2018Pwllyfelyn Farm Glynogwr Bridgend CF35 6EN
Received 10 Jul 2012Gilfach Orfydd Farm Dimbath Lane Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EG
Received 20 Jan 2010Bay Express 40 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 22 Aug 2019Next to Unit 6/7 Waterton Retail Park Waterton CF31 3TN
Received 1 Aug 2018Twin Oaks Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DG
Received 21 Sept 2010Bayswater Tubes Site Heol Y Geifr Pencoed CF35 6UG
Received 23 Feb 2016Land Adj Ty Eglwys Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 2 Sept 2013Gelli Hir Farm Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0EA
Received 15 Apr 2011Records 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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