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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.
4,780 approved · 2,082 refused · 1,067 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jan 2004 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Uxilla Terrace Bridgend CF31 3BB
Received 3 Mar 201425 Derllwyn Road Tondu CF32 9HD
Received 19 Nov 201220 Heol Llangeinor Llangeinor CF32 8PW
Received 7 Jul 202111 Parcau Road Bridgend CF31 4TA
Received 10 May 2016Land At Glanafon Terrace (Adj No.10) Maesteg CF34 0SE
Received 2 Dec 20149 Ton View Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ex
Received 10 Feb 2005Land off Parc Crescent Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3XU
Received 4 Sept 2019The Charcoal Grill 25 Commercial Street Maesteg CF34 9DH
Received 26 Mar 201918 Castle Street Maesteg CF34 9YH
Received 2 Sept 2015Kenilworth Cefn Cross Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0DB
Received 8 Jul 2011Site adjacent to 113 Bridgend Road Maesteg CF34 0NB
Received 11 May 201713 Chantal Avenue Penyfai CF31 4NN
Received 14 Sept 2015184 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Bh
Received 13 Jun 2005Brookfield House Cwmdu Road Maesteg CF34 0DG
Received 16 Oct 20235 Parcau Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SZ
Received 23 May 2011Land west of Heol Ty Maen Cefn Glas CF31 4QF
Received 28 Feb 201889 Bridgend Road Abekenfig CF32 9BA
Received 22 Jul 201550 Bridgend Road (Ladbrokes) Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ba
Received 1 Aug 2006Land East Of 4 Briary Way (Plot F) Briarfields Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Pt
Received 18 Jan 200717 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BW
Received 24 Jul 2023Garden Of 65 Nicholls Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Lh
Received 13 Nov 20064 Davies Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NW
Received 12 Oct 2007Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc Pencoed Business Park Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Hy
Received 22 Aug 20065 Derwen Close Litchard Bridgend CF31 1QP
Received 18 Sept 2023Records 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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