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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.
3,501 approved · 1,698 refused · 952 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend CF31 3EL
Received 11 Jun 20215A Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 9 Aug 20137 Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3EP
Received 9 Oct 2019Foel Trawsnant Bryn Port Talbot
Received 3 Aug 202211 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SN
Received 5 Mar 202619 Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LP
Received 8 Jun 2010Plot 49 Phase 4 Duffryn Oaks Off Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 9 May 2016Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ
Received 4 Nov 2025Tesco Store Castle Street Maesteg Bridgend
Received 30 May 200731 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1ED
Received 12 Mar 2007Land at Cwmdu Lodge Maesteg CF34 0DH
Received 9 Mar 2020Dunraven Business Park Gee Walker & Slater Yard Coychurch Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ap
Received 22 Dec 200654 Redlands Close Pencoed CF35 6YU
Received 2 Jun 201612 Felindre Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PD
Received 20 Mar 201262 Parkfields Road, Bridgend, CF31 4BJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Old Dairy Yard Rear Of 138 Caerau Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 6 Mar 200743 Parcau Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SZ
Received 23 Feb 2024Kenfig National Nature Reserve Heol Las Mawdlam Ton Kenfig CF33 4PT
Received 9 Nov 2015Jubilee Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TB
Received 2 Oct 200917B Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Aw
Received 10 Jul 2007Wood Green Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4AT
Received 18 Jan 2016Former Petrol Station Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AX
Received 21 May 2010The Jennings, Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 23 Feb 201639 Oakfield Terrace Price Town Nantymoel Bridgend CF32 7SR
Received 18 May 2023Records 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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