Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,386 approved · 1,651 refused · 936 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Llwyn Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AJ
Received 16 May 2007Unit K2 Bridgend Designer Outlet Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 12 May 202618 Gwaun Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HS
Received 23 May 201416 Woodland Place North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4EW
Received 30 Apr 201030 Ton Y Groes Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PL
Received 10 Aug 20076 Derwen View Brackla CF31 2QU
Received 15 Jul 2019The Range Units 6/7 Waterton Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3TN
Received 12 Apr 201350 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NH
Received 27 Jan 2014Salt Lake car park Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 18 Aug 2022Land At Griffin Park Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Cf36 5Pl
Received 20 Jun 200724 Bryn Llidiard Litchard CF31 1QN
Received 14 Mar 2023Sea View Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TB
Received 22 Apr 20147 Brynglas Terrace Pyle CF33 6AG
Received 23 Feb 2023Glandyrus Caehelig Bryncethin CF32 9YD
Received 29 Mar 2021Land adj Maes Yr Haf Aberfields View Nantymoel CF32 7SJ
Received 19 Feb 2024Adjacent to 2 Philip Avenue Bryntirion CF31 4DH
Received 20 Nov 2018Rear Of 24 Wild Field (Cae Gwyllt) Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FF
Received 22 May 2015Garden of 103B Mill View Maesteg CF34 0DE
Received 28 Jul 201724 Aneurin Bevans Way Maesteg CF34 0SX
Received 9 May 2023The Ancient Briton Clevis Hill Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NT
Received 26 Mar 20071 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PD
Received 22 Feb 202482 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend CF31 4TB
Received 29 Oct 201212 Llys Briallen Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BG
Received 20 Apr 20264 Plas Ty Mawr Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NH
Received 24 Sept 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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