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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.
3,566 approved · 1,720 refused · 958 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Garfield Avenue Litchard CF31 1QA
Received 17 May 202157 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AE
Received 10 Apr 201833 Maerdy Park Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5HX
Received 27 Nov 202325 Ton Glas Bryntirion CF31 4EH
Received 20 Oct 201443 Waunscil Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 1TY
Received 22 Apr 2013Unit 2120 Central Park Western Avenue Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RT
Received 12 Mar 201527 Nottage Mead Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3SA
Received 21 Dec 201613 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LL
Received 9 Jan 2008Nottage House Newton Nottage Road Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3TH
Received 22 Mar 20237 Mill View Estate Maesteg CF34 0DD
Received 18 Jan 2022Old Vicarage Vicarage Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9PF
Received 22 Mar 201288 Parc Tyn Y Waun Maesteg Cf34 9Rh
Received 13 Feb 200743 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LN
Received 8 Apr 2022Bridgend Northern Distributor Road / South Cornelly / Pencoed / Porthcawl
Received 19 Mar 2013Bryn Seion Chapel Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5NH
Received 17 Dec 2018Cornelly Sports Pavillion Meadow Street North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 21 Jun 2010Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BL
Received 17 Jun 202418 Ffordd Y Groes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EQ
Received 19 Feb 201030 Pant Morfa Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EL
Received 10 Feb 20096 Woodland Way Sarn CF32 9QA
Received 10 Sept 201412 Cae Gwyllt / Wild Field Area A10/A17 Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Ff
Received 13 Jun 20071 Priory Close Bridgend Cf31 3Lw
Received 9 Mar 20073 Parc Derllwyn, Tondu, Bridgend, CF32 9DB
Received 22 Apr 20252 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 19 Dec 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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