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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.
3,412 approved · 1,665 refused · 937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Barn at Manor Farm Cottage Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5SP
Received 11 Jun 20201 Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 24 Feb 20207 Austin Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5SN
Received 26 Nov 2008Corwen (Adj 133 Victoria Street) Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8NB
Received 28 Nov 20112 Sea View Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 3 Aug 2016Elmsfield Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DW
Received 29 Feb 200832 West Park Drive Porthcawl CF36 3RG
Received 28 Sept 201792 Heol West Plas Coity CF35 6BA
Received 14 Sept 201644 Iron Way Tondu CF32 9BF
Received 10 Jul 201750 Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EE
Received 7 May 20086 Davies Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3NW
Received 22 Feb 202271 Long Acre North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4BG
Received 27 Jul 2010Plot 14 Land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 26 Oct 201637A & 37B Sker Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RA
Received 8 May 200977 Rowans Lane Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9LZ
Received 10 Sept 2014Land At Dunraven Business Park Off Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 6 Oct 20089 Westward Close Bridgend CF31 4XD
Received 4 Jan 2021Queen Street Allotments Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9HS
Received 29 Mar 2012The Cenotaph, Dunraven Place, Bridgend
Received 26 Mar 201411 Coed Parc Court Bridgend CF31 4HU
Received 4 May 202033 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DA
Received 3 Dec 2007Garage compound rear of 68 Greenacres South Cornelly CF33 4SF
Received 26 May 20221 Woodland Way Sarn Bridgend CF32 9QA
Received 16 Nov 2012Bradford Cottage Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 28 Apr 2016Records 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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