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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.
4,020 approved · 1,859 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Pen y Fro Pencoed CF35 6JG
Received 12 May 201711 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BU
Received 5 Aug 201649 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3QP
Received 4 Jul 201712 Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 11 Mar 20147 Sycamore Close Bridgend CF31 1QS
Received 21 Feb 2010Kes 21 Meadow Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5HH
Received 4 May 200710 Bridgend Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RN
Received 5 May 2009Co-op Supermarket District Shopping Centre Ffordd Y Celyn Coity CF35 6QQ
Received 23 Aug 202331 Lletai Avenue, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5PW
Received 7 Mar 2025Coach House Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 15 Dec 2008Pyle Garden Centre Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 3 Feb 2023Hermon Chapel Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3AA
Received 11 Jan 2018Woodstock Elm Road Porthcawl CF36 5AG
Received 1 Dec 202014 Merganser Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3UE
Received 26 Oct 200733 Severn Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3LN
Received 3 Apr 200815 Gallt Y Ddrudwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FL
Received 5 Jul 2021Land to the rear of 13 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EG
Received 10 Oct 2016Land Adj 1 Kingsway Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YH
Received 12 Dec 2014Annexe At Delfryn, Heol Las, Mawdlam, CF33 4PH
Received 6 Jul 20266 Cedar Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AF
Received 23 Jul 2010Plot 9 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 4 May 2017Aldi Stores Limited Salt Lake North Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 10 Jul 2023Broadlands District Centre Ffordd Tirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EJ
Received 27 May 2011Land at former Archbishop Mcgrath School Heol yr Ysgol Tondu CF32 9EG
Received 8 Dec 2017Records 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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