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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.
3,691 approved · 1,757 refused · 971 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Jan 2006 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site of former Sunnyside Council Offices and Magistrates Court Glan-y-Parc/Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 23 Oct 202411 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 1BX
Received 15 Jun 2018Rear 11 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HN
Received 21 Jul 2008Land at Bridgend Police Station & former Cheapside multi storey car park Cheapside Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 24 Jul 20249 Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5RL
Received 13 Jul 2021St Cynwyd's Church Llan Road Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 12 Jul 2010Masonic Temple Coychurch Road Bridgend CF31 2AP
Received 22 Sept 2017Newton Villas 274 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PL
Received 27 Apr 20152 Heol Ty Cribbwr Bridgend CF31 4TR
Received 15 Jun 201168 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 26 Aug 2020Oldcastle Junior School South Street Bridgend CF31 3ED
Received 8 Sept 2016Maesteg Sports Centre Off Albert Terrace Maesteg Cf34 9Eb
Received 16 Mar 2007Land Adj 44 Ysbryd Y Coed & 1 Rhodfa Ceirios Pen Y Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Gg
Received 16 Mar 2007Unit 4 Royal London Park, Waterton, Bridgend, CF31 3TN
Received 25 Oct 202488 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 10 Sept 2008138 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AF
Received 19 May 200917 Heol Y Gerddi Pencoed CF35 6SL
Received 21 Sept 2012New House Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0ND
Received 2 Oct 2014Land At Caerau Maesteg
Received 24 Sept 201214 Llan Road, Cwmfelin, Maesteg, CF34 9HN
Received 29 Aug 202529 Well Street Laleston CF32 0LF
Received 12 Jul 2021Rockwool Ltd Wern Tarw Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 6 Dec 200774 Beach Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NE
Received 3 Jun 200910 Trem Y Rhedyn Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6FE
Received 1 Dec 2015Records 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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