Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,032 approved · 1,863 refused · 997 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BX
Received 31 Jan 2017Corwen Victoria Street Pontycymer CF32 8NB
Received 8 Oct 202011 Farm Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0HA
Received 8 Jun 201819 Wyndham Crescent Bridgend CF31 3DW
Received 22 Jul 20227 Holly Vale, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 6LQ
Received 9 Jun 2026Trelales Primary School Well Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LF
Received 12 May 2009St Cynwyds Church Cemetery Rear Llys Hen Lanciau Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 30 May 2013The Nest Heol Broom Maudlam Bridgend Cf33 4Pn
Received 17 Aug 20061 Linden Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AR
Received 11 Sept 2013Ael-y-Don Ty Fry Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BB
Received 23 May 2017Bowls Pavillion Gwaunbant Bowling Green Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8HD
Received 28 Feb 2011The Shieling Carlton Place Porthcawl CF36 3ET
Received 3 Nov 2014Maesteg Community Hospital Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PW
Received 13 Sept 2013118 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 20 Apr 2009Britannia 18 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 27 Jun 201116 Y Goedlan Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9GD
Received 11 Dec 20122 Locks Common Road Porthcawl CF34 3HU
Received 13 Oct 202510 Melton Drive Bridgend CF31 3ET
Received 20 Jan 202246 Bryn Llidiard Litchard CF31 1QN
Received 20 Oct 2020Methodist Church Maesteg Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BT
Received 22 Jun 2012The Sidewalk Cafe 4 Gwendoline Court Lias Road Porthcawl CF36 3AH
Received 3 Mar 202145a South Road Porthcawl CF36 3DF
Received 10 Sept 202124 Underwood Place Brackla Bridgend CF31 2LR
Received 25 Feb 20145 Wernlys Road Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NS
Received 28 Jan 2014Records 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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