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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.
4,306 approved · 1,933 refused · 1,021 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Teal Close, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3RE
Received 12 May 202615 Bedford Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BW
Received 2 May 202419 West Rhondda Road Pontyrhyl Bridgend CF32 8LJ
Received 26 Mar 20084 Bramble Close Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PS
Received 15 Jan 2008Skerweather House Kenfig CF33 4PT
Received 2 May 20179 Brynmawr Place Maesteg CF34 9PB
Received 8 Jul 20209 Tythegston Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3HJ
Received 24 May 200774 Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PL
Received 1 Oct 202474 The Woodlands Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JG
Received 17 Feb 20092 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jd
Received 25 Oct 20058 Ashbrook Brackla Bridgend CF31 2AT
Received 20 Jul 200968 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bj
Received 12 Oct 2005Rockwool Ltd Wern Tarw Road Wern Tarw Bridgend CF35 6NY
Received 11 Mar 201956-58 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AF
Received 29 Apr 2016Land to the rear of 30/32 High Street Ogmore Vale CF32 7AD
Received 13 May 20194 Laing Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6NG
Received 29 Jan 2010HMP Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity CF35 6AP
Received 10 Feb 20264 Glenavon Crescent, Porthcawl, CF36 3LP
Received 24 Jul 20252 Llwyn Derwen, North Cornelly, Bridgend, CF33 4BH
Received 20 Jun 202534 Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EE
Received 19 Dec 20073 Grove Street, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, CF34 0HY
Received 3 Mar 2025The Pheasant Heol Eglwys Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LY
Received 5 Mar 2008Guardian Global Technology Merlin House Brunel Court Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 5 Mar 2009Land rear of 95 Merthyr Mawr Road, Bridgend, CF31 3NS
Received 27 Mar 2025Records 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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