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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3,476 approved · 1,689 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pond south of The Mill Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw CF35 6LE
Received 27 Dec 201830 Eleanor Close Pencoed CF35 6RD
Received 29 Mar 202153 Mary Street Porthcawl CF36 3YL
Received 5 Apr 2013Woodlands Surgery Woodlands Terrace Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Sr
Received 27 Feb 2007Land at Blackbridge Arabian Stud Tylagwyn Pontrhyl CF32 8EJ
Received 27 Dec 2018Capel Y Tabernacl 18 Fenton Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3DW
Received 18 May 2007Unit 4 Parc Plaza Waterton Road Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 14 Sept 20169 De Berclos Porthcawl CF36 3JN
Received 10 Apr 201735 Wyndham Street, Bridgend, CF31 1EB
Received 29 Jan 2025Plot 8 Waterton Lane Waterton CF31 3YE
Received 6 Jun 2018O/S Star Hotel 144 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DL
Received 11 Jun 2014Porthcawl Western Breakwater Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl
Received 6 Aug 201917 Hill Court/Llys Y Bryn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BX
Received 6 Aug 2007Britannia Building Society 18 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 10 Aug 2007Newbridge Farm, Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3PN
Received 18 May 2026Land Base Building Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 6 Aug 2021Former Petrol Station Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 24 Feb 2020Parc Stormy Stormy Down Airfield Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 8 May 2015Penybont Glass Premises Ogmore Terrace Bridgend CF31 1SU
Received 18 Feb 20096 Oaktree Drive Porthcawl CF36 5BQ
Received 14 Oct 2013Hyfrydol House Turberville Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0LP
Received 4 Apr 201223 Adrian Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LX
Received 12 Oct 2009Rear of Sunnybank Cefn Glas Road Bridgend CF31 4QP
Received 25 Apr 2018Old Station Yard Porthcawl CF36 5TH
Received 30 Apr 2024Records 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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