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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.
4,200 approved · 1,907 refused · 1,015 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Clevis Hill Porthcawl CF36 5NT
Received 17 Jun 202229 Maes Y Wern Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Te
Received 21 Dec 20055 Flatholm Way Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Tw
Received 2 May 200654 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 30 Jun 200816 Y Dderwen Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9HX
Received 15 Oct 2021Dundridge, Litchard Hill, Litchard, Bridgend, CF31 1QL
Received 29 Sept 202618 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 13 Oct 2022Adj Rest Bay Lifeguard Station Rest Bay Porthcawl
Received 17 Mar 201741 Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3PN
Received 18 Dec 2007Llynfi Afon Renewable Energy Park
Received 1 Sept 201425 Greenacres, South Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4SE
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At Cwmrisca Farm Tondu
Received 3 Oct 2012285 Bridgend Road Garth Maesteg CF34 0AX
Received 6 Jul 2015The Rest Rest Bay Porthcawl CF36 3UP
Received 31 May 2018Unit 26 Heol Ffaldau Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2XE
Received 6 Jan 2012Hendir Uchaf Farm Wern Tarw Pencoed CF35 6NS
Received 14 Apr 20085 Ty-Isaf Road Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0AU
Received 28 Feb 2023Mount Pleasant Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 16 Jan 202036 Greenwood Close Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Pj
Received 6 Jun 200719 Meadow Avenue Kenfig Hill CF33 6NR
Received 15 Sept 2020Lock Complex South east of South West Wood Products site Heol Llan Coity CF35 6BU
Received 31 Jul 20203 Elder Street Bridgend CF31 1EU
Received 4 Jun 200990 Glan-Y-Nant Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DT
Received 19 Aug 2020Ffordd Y Gyfraith Farm Ffordd Y Gyfraith Bridgend CF32 0BS
Received 24 Jul 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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