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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.
3,964 approved · 1,844 refused · 995 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Aug 2005 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Westfield Crescent Porthcawl Cf36 3Sg
Received 18 Oct 200613 Caer Efail Pencoed CF35 6RW
Received 7 Aug 2017Land North Of Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF31 2BB
Received 8 May 2008Darren Bungalows King Edward Street Blaengarw CF32 8NH
Received 17 Sept 2026Parc Stormy Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 7 Feb 2014Waun Davey Heol Llan Coity CF35 6BU
Received 27 Nov 2019Min Y Coed 5 Maes Yr Eithin Parc Derwen Coity CF35 6BJ
Received 16 Oct 201550 Alexandra Road Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HB
Received 8 Nov 2010Plot 92 Castle Heights Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend CF35 6EZ
Received 12 Nov 20135 Clos Yr Eos South Cornelly CF33 4RJ
Received 17 Jan 2018Ty Risha Pen-y-Cae Lane Pen-y-Cae Bridgend CF32 9SN
Received 8 Jun 201665 Pyle Inn Way Pyle CF33 6LP
Received 28 Feb 201761 South Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Da
Received 14 Nov 2006Land off Parc Y Fferm Coity CF35 6JZ
Received 23 Oct 202436 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 2 Feb 2017West Park Primary School West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 9 Mar 20116 Bowrington Arcade Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EE
Received 29 Mar 2011Side Garden Area 77 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RY
Received 9 Apr 2010Plot adjacent to 8 Swn Yr Adar, Pen-y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4GE
Received 13 Nov 202443 Penyrallt Avenue Litchard CF31 1QG
Received 4 Dec 2020St Clares School Clevis Lane Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NR
Received 27 Jun 2012Land North Of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 10 Nov 2014Land at former BT repeater station Island Farm Road Bridgend CF31 3LG
Received 22 Jan 2018Site Adj 113 Bridgend Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0NB
Received 8 Apr 2011Records 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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