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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.
4,183 approved · 1,906 refused · 1,012 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Sept 2004 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryn Lynfi 55 Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EF
Received 1 Jul 2014Rear Of 35 Ger Y Lyn Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 27 Apr 200658 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3BD
Received 9 Nov 2009Plot 13 Llynfi Court Off Keir Hardie Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ng
Received 5 Apr 2006Bryngwenith Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Nt
Received 4 Nov 2005Litchard Primary Garfield Avenue Litchard CF31 1QB
Received 25 Jul 201457 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 26 Jul 202166 St Michaels Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BE
Received 30 Mar 2010Land Off Tondu Road Bridgend
Received 4 Feb 201026 Crown Rise Maesteg Cf34 0Jy
Received 15 Jun 20061 Bryn Road Tondu CF32 9EB
Received 7 May 20241 Troed y Rhiw Cottages Maesteg CF34 9HW
Received 11 Aug 2021In front of New Road Court New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DQ
Received 18 Jan 202122 Maes Y Wern Pencoed CF35 6TE
Received 21 Aug 20144 Tyddyn Gwaun Laleston CF32 0LN
Received 31 May 2018Cefn Gelli Farm Bettws Road Llangeinor CF32 8PH
Received 25 Apr 2023Systems Pipework - Systems Hydraulics (Maesteg) Forge Industrial Estate Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0AH
Received 21 Feb 202270 Cwrt Coed Park Maesteg CF34 9DQ
Received 29 Sept 201118 Collwyn Road Pyle CF33 6AL
Received 2 Feb 201611 Orchard Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RB
Received 27 Oct 2011Emmaus, Trews Field Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 4LH
Received 28 Aug 20261 Dilwyn Gardens Bridgend CF31 3NT
Received 20 Mar 20083 Springfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1NP
Received 21 Oct 2008Land Adj 2 Bryn Golau Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DD
Received 5 Oct 2007Records 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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