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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.
3,450 approved · 1,681 refused · 945 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EJ
Received 7 May 201924 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DL
Received 25 Oct 20106 Buarthau Old Parish Road Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6ER
Received 24 Dec 2013Remploy Ltd Unit 2 Horsefair Road Waterton Ind Est Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 13 Jun 2011Land To Rear Of Horsefair Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 14 Mar 201613 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 25 Apr 2012Ty Tanglwst Farm Heol y Sheet Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4SA
Received 20 May 2022The Old Vicarage Vicarage Terrace Maesteg CF34 9PF
Received 15 Jan 2021Land south of Harlequin building Dock Street Porthcawl
Received 21 Dec 202353 Adare Street Evanstown Gilfach Goch CF39 8RU
Received 12 Jun 20242 Penybont Road Pencoed CF32 5RA
Received 4 Apr 201730 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SR
Received 19 Dec 201446 The Strand Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8AA
Received 7 Jan 2013Plot 11 Land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LN
Received 16 Jan 2017Bradford Cottage Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 19 Dec 202335 Marlpit Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 5EG
Received 15 Aug 202438 Georgian Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2EX
Received 12 Jan 201640 Litchard Cross Litchard Bridgend CF31 1NY
Received 19 Dec 2012Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc 57 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DH
Received 13 Mar 2013Flat 4A The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YW
Received 22 Aug 2011Cefn Parc Stud Farm Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BP
Received 18 Jun 20126 New Buildings Farm Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0HA
Received 18 Mar 2019Land Rear 1-4 Heol Y Bardd & Penllwyn Broadlands Bridgend
Received 8 Apr 2011The Old Rectory Bettws Road Bettws Bridgend CF32 8TB
Received 2 May 2012Records 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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