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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.
4,317 approved · 1,936 refused · 1,022 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
All Saints Church Victoria Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 25 Jan 2006Rear 79 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 18 Jul 201219 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 29 Nov 2023Plot Opposite 9 Garon Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Rh
Received 30 May 2006Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 22 Jul 20266 Maes Glas Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4RX
Received 7 Sept 2021112-113 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DL
Received 23 Aug 201018 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 3 Oct 2017The Old Pavilion, Welfare Park Heol-Y-Parc Evanstown Bridgend CF39 8RH
Received 16 Jan 20143 Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DJ
Received 17 Jan 200821 Blaengarw Road Blaengarw CF32 8AW
Received 3 Nov 2015Bridgend Branch Library Wyndham Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ef
Received 1 Dec 200618 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3BA
Received 19 Oct 2021Land Adjacent 14 Cwrt Y Coed Brackla Bridgend CF31 2ST
Received 27 Sept 201064 Pant Morfa Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5EN
Received 24 Feb 201042 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 13 Nov 2008Car Park Of Former Tylers Arms, Tyler House, Llangynwyd
Received 15 Oct 201511 Heol Cynwyd Llangynwyd Maesteg CF34 9TB
Received 1 Aug 2018Pencoed R F C Felindre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PB
Received 16 May 200819 Briary Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PT
Received 22 May 2012Ty-Risha Inn Pen-Y-Cae Bridgend Cf32 9Sn
Received 3 Jul 2006Land Adjacent Coity By Pass Brackla Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 201376 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DS
Received 18 Dec 201821 Walters Road Bridgend CF31 4HE
Received 7 Jun 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.
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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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