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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.
4,476 approved · 1,986 refused · 1,031 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryn Awel 71 High Street Laleston Bridgend CF32 0HL
Received 8 Aug 2012Janz Art 4 Well Street Porthcawl CF36 3BE
Received 21 Oct 20203 Old School Place Rhiwceiliog Pencoed CF35 6NG
Received 23 Aug 20184 Nursery Gardens Litchard CF31 1NH
Received 9 May 20237 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Et
Received 22 Mar 200674 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 16 Feb 20213 Carn Wen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BW
Received 30 May 2014Bennett Street Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Sh
Received 3 Jun 20051 Lapwing Close, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3TY
Received 11 Nov 2025The Beauty Lounge 147A Bryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9LU
Received 23 Apr 2008Foxtroy 25 Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 12 Jun 2014Braseria El Prado High Street Laleston CF32 0LD
Received 18 Oct 201819 Clos Y Grug Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RW
Received 22 Apr 2010Tusker House Bridgend Road Porthcawl CF36 5ST
Received 22 Feb 20198 Pentre Howell Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RG
Received 19 Mar 200933 Crown Rise, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0JY
Received 11 Oct 2024Unit 11 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6NU
Received 19 Jun 2017Swansea Bay Swansea
Received 17 Oct 2012Land adj Three Horse Shoes Lamb Row South Cornelly CF33 4RL
Received 20 Apr 201692 Mill Meadow North Cornelly CF33 4QA
Received 23 Nov 202249 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 6 Aug 2008Land to the east of Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 24 Apr 2017Talbot Street Dental 24 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BW
Received 15 Feb 2023McDonald's Restaurants Ltd Picton Court Retail Park Waterton CF31 3XX
Received 20 Sept 2017Records 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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