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.
3,445 approved · 1,676 refused · 940 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Ffordd Y Draen Coity CF35 6BF
Received 23 Aug 2021Mcdonalds Restaurant Pencoed Business Park Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 11 Jul 201428 Cemetery Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LW
Received 15 Apr 20132 Fairview Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LP
Received 16 Aug 2016Fronwen Litchard Hill Bridgend Cf35 6Hb
Received 19 Apr 2007Dan y Garn A48 Laleston CF32 0LY
Received 29 Oct 20209 Bro Dirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AB
Received 14 Jan 200942 Litchard Park Bridgend CF31 1PF
Received 6 Jul 202111 Waterton Close Bridgend CF31 3YE
Received 22 May 201211 Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 6 Feb 2019Land At Filco Car Park Caerau Maesteg
Received 7 May 2008Candleston Woods Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 19 Jun 2026St Davids Church Florence Street Porthcawl CF36 3PF
Received 18 Jul 2016Woods Edge Thornbush Hill Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BT
Received 7 Jul 2017The Long Barn, Llys Tynewydd, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BY
Received 7 Apr 2026Unit 1 The Harbour Porthcawl CF36 3BY
Received 1 Dec 2020Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend
Received 2 Jul 2010The Oddfellows Rest Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 26 Jun 20082 Beach Road Porthcawl CF36 5NH
Received 7 Jul 202051 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JG
Received 5 Aug 2009Land Off Dimbath Avenue Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6ED
Received 13 May 2013319A New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PH
Received 25 Nov 2020Bridgend College - Pencoed Campus Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 10 Oct 2019Land to rear of Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 26 Apr 2018Records 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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