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.
3,824 approved · 1,802 refused · 981 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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 Adjacent Dale View Off Cwm Ffoes Cefn Cribbwr Bridgend
Received 15 Apr 200934 Woodland Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6UP
Received 10 Apr 201212 Ton Tylluan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BE
Received 5 Aug 2015St Illtyds Church Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4HA
Received 5 Jun 2020112 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DA
Received 2 Mar 20164 Penybont Road Pencoed CF35 5RA
Received 16 Feb 20246 Preswylfa Court Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 2 Sept 20095 Felindre Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PD
Received 7 May 2008Home Bargains Bridgend Retail Park Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 10 Nov 2020St John's House Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 23 Dec 201656 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DF
Received 20 May 2010Land At Caerau (Griffiths Ter To Min Yr Awel) Maesteg Bridgend
Received 8 Oct 2009Land to the north and east of Cypress Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5BZ
Received 25 Sept 2020128 Glan Y Nant Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DU
Received 4 Apr 2011Land Adj 33A Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Dy
Received 26 Oct 200623 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 15 Oct 200731 Maiden Street Maesteg CF34 9HP
Received 3 Nov 202174 Pen Y Mynydd Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SB
Received 19 May 2014Clifton House Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PT
Received 20 Jul 200711 Heol Y Blodau Bridgend CF31 4UF
Received 7 Mar 201424 Summerfield Drive Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3PB
Received 5 Dec 201614 David Street Blaengarw Bridgend Cf32 8Ad
Received 15 Jun 2006Ogmore Vale Constitutional Club 59-63 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AG
Received 1 Jun 201217 Arlington Road Porthcawl CF36 3DF
Received 19 May 2022Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage