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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.
3,467 approved · 1,684 refused · 947 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cae Rosser Farm Glynogwr Blackmill CF35 6EL
Received 18 Apr 20171 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YS
Received 2 Jun 2010Land Off Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Su
Received 7 Mar 200714 Oaklands Avenue Bridgend CF31 4ST
Received 1 Aug 201122 Ashbrook Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AT
Received 23 May 200712 Brookland Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SY
Received 4 Jun 201344 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PU
Received 2 Jan 2024Felindre Mill Farmhouse Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 21 Jun 2021Land At Ton Phillip Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend
Received 25 Aug 2009Porthcawl Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl
Received 6 Aug 2019Joseph Ash Galvanising Princes Way Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3AQ
Received 14 Jan 202286 Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AW
Received 8 Nov 20192 Ynyslas, Porthcawl, CF36 5EF
Received 25 Mar 2026Bryntirion Infant School Bryngolau Bryntirion Bridgend
Received 15 Sept 2010Post Office 15 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 26 Aug 200824 Pant Y Ffynnon Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RU
Received 18 Jan 2013Penyfai Church in Wales Primary School Heol Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LX
Received 7 Sept 2020Porthcawl Medical Centre Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 21 Dec 2018127 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LU
Received 25 Feb 201459 Heol y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TB
Received 13 May 2021Land at the Paddocks Bryn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9EB
Received 22 Jul 202270 Mill View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DE
Received 28 Jan 2011Brackla Break Cafe Heol Ffaldau Brackla Ind Estate Bridgend CF31 2AJ
Received 28 Apr 200865 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl CF36 5RR
Received 2 Feb 2017Records 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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