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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.
3,482 approved · 1,691 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Freeschool Court Evangelical Church & Sparesworld Free School Court Bridgend CF31 3AG
Received 6 Feb 2019Land adjacent to commercial area Ffordd y Celyn Coity CF35 6QS
Received 4 Feb 2026Plot 10 Penllwyngwent Ind Est Ogmore Vale Bridgend
Received 7 Feb 2007Land At Queens Road & South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PY
Received 2 Mar 2012The Rest Convalescent Home Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 20 Nov 2014Former Bridgend Creamery Caradog Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RL
Received 26 Aug 2014Unit 2 New Road Court Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 2 Feb 201573 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 10 Mar 2015125 Heol Croesty Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5LU
Received 5 Dec 20131 Green Field Terrace Shwt CF32 8UD
Received 9 Oct 202014 Cwrt Ty Mawr Ogmore Vale CF32 7EQ
Received 13 Apr 202290 Glan Y Nant Tondu CF32 9DT
Received 21 Oct 201419 St Christophers Road Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RU
Received 12 Feb 201044 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 23 Apr 201337 West Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AF
Received 22 Sept 2010Pencoed Super Hand Car Wash former filling station Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5LE
Received 24 Jan 2024104A Rowans Lane Bryncethin CF32 9LZ
Received 3 Jul 2024Land to the side of 1 Ger Y Bont Bridgend CF31 1HZ
Received 11 Jan 202415 Coleridge Close Cefn Glas CF31 4QB
Received 15 May 2019St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 26 Jul 2019Heronston Hotel Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 15 Feb 201816 Austin Avenue Laleston CF32 0LG
Received 12 Sept 201963 Hazeldene Avenue Brackla CF31 2JP
Received 17 Sept 2018Rear Of 15 Wood Green Cefn Glas CF31 4AT
Received 25 Nov 2015Records 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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