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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.
3,476 approved · 1,688 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridgend Railway Station Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1BB
Received 6 Jul 20172 Park Court Road, Bridgend, CF31 4BW
Received 30 Oct 2025Building Plot Blandy Terrace Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8LD
Received 25 May 201032 Parc Y Berllan Porthcawl CF36 5HX
Received 16 Apr 201517 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bh
Received 18 Apr 200747 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 12 Jun 20173 Osborne Close Litchard CF31 1YJ
Received 21 Aug 20181 Nursery Gardens Litchard Bridgend CF31 1NH
Received 2 Mar 2012Bridgend Lawn Tennis & Bowls Club Church Road Bridgend CF31 3AZ
Received 4 Dec 20197 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 1 Jun 202211 Dan Y Deri Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BG
Received 18 Dec 2018Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ
Received 15 Jan 2015Ty Graig Newmill Blackmill CF35 6DN
Received 19 Jan 202312 Restway Gardens Bridgend Cf31 4Hy
Received 15 Jun 2007Aber House Aber Road Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AU
Received 24 Apr 2008Land at Brackla Industrial Estate Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AN
Received 15 Nov 2016Mount Pleasant Farm Pyle CF33 4RR
Received 25 Jan 2017Former ROAB Club Heol Y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 8 Jul 2020Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 14 Aug 20195 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JF
Received 8 Aug 2013Land At Bridgend Road (Adj Arosfa Hall & 194) Maesteg CF34 0NA
Received 9 Feb 2015The Barns Manor Farm Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 13 Oct 20171 Glan Ogwr Court Church Road Bridgend CF31 3AZ
Received 10 Mar 202016 Pant Y Ffynnon Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RU
Received 3 Jul 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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