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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.
3,486 approved · 1,692 refused · 950 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Micheals & All Angels Church Church Place Maesteg
Received 3 Dec 200926/28 Bakers Way Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9RJ
Received 16 Jun 2010Island Farm Institute of Sport Island Farm Bridgend CF32 0NU
Received 13 Jan 201714 Llwyn Coch Broadlands CF31 5BJ
Received 14 Apr 2021Plot 7 former St Clares Convent Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 30 Oct 20253 Green Field Terrace Shwt CF32 8UD
Received 9 Jul 2021Land at Primrose Stables Old Coachmans Lane Court Colman Bridgend CF31 4NF
Received 6 Jul 2022Land at Dainton Business Park Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 14 Nov 202549 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 11 May 2021Nantymoel Primary Sch. Gwendoline Street Nantymoel CF32 7PN
Received 7 May 2015Next to Bryn Siriol Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AP
Received 27 Jan 202019 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QN
Received 18 Oct 201329 Park Court Road Bridgend CF31 4BP
Received 5 Jun 2017Ty Graig New Mill Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DN
Received 1 Jun 2011Bayswater Tubes Site Heol Y Geifr Pencoed CF35 6UG
Received 22 Jan 201699 Picton Street Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0EW
Received 16 Feb 2016Unit 3 Highwayman Units Castle View Bridgend CF31 1NJ
Received 4 Nov 201623 Woodland Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5HY
Received 23 Mar 20211 - 2 Ton View Kenfig Hill CF33 6EX
Received 7 Oct 201610 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 26 Mar 2021Pencoed Police Station 44 Heol y Groes Pencoed CF35 5PE
Received 31 Jul 20233 Leckwith Rise Bridgend CF31 4HB
Received 23 Mar 200737 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DH
Received 2 Oct 2017Ty Capel Glynogwr Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EL
Received 2 Dec 2013Records 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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