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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.
4,467 approved · 1,978 refused · 1,030 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Llys Teg Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BH
Received 14 Oct 20196 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl Cf36 3Yt
Received 19 Apr 2007St Marys Church Nolton Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ng
Received 30 Sept 200516 St Nons Close, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2BX
Received 15 Nov 2023Ty Newydd Farm Heol Simonston Coity Bridgend CF35 6BH
Received 18 Dec 2012Land Adj 1 Lewis Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 18 Jun 20086 Hendre Road Pencoed CF35 5NW
Received 24 May 2022Caswell Clinic, Glanrhyd Hospital, Bridgend Road, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4LN
Received 23 Jan 20262c Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 12 Jan 202123 Ysbryd Y Coed Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4GF
Received 27 Jul 202239 Cae Talcen Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rp
Received 27 Sept 20075 Chaucer Close Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4PZ
Received 10 Mar 2009Land adjacent 8 Swn yr Adar Pen-y-Fai CF31 4GE
Received 12 Dec 2025Hedgerow between Woodlands Playing Field Pavilion Car Park & Llwyn Gwern Pencoed
Received 30 Aug 2017Penfro, Heol Yr Ynys, Bridgend, CF31 3LH
Received 10 Feb 2026Preswylfa A4064 Pandy Bungalows to Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8RD
Received 15 Feb 20218 Fairy Glen Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Ha
Received 5 Jun 20072 South Place Bridgend CF31 3AW
Received 20 Mar 2017Newbridge House Heol Pantyrawel Pantyrawel Bridgend Cf32 7La
Received 11 Apr 2006Braich Y Cymmer Farm Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Er
Received 27 Feb 200619 Laing Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ng
Received 7 Nov 2005Plot 7 Land Off Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend
Received 20 Nov 2008Coach house rear of 15 Market Street Bridgend CF31 1LJ
Received 23 Jan 201758 Rushfield Gardens Bridgend CF31 1DF
Received 27 Jul 2020Records 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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