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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.
4,797 approved · 2,088 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Napier Close Bridgend Cf31 1Tw
Received 14 Sept 200616 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ej
Received 27 Jan 2005Plot 20, Off Heol Dewi Sant Betws Bridgend Cf32
Received 22 Mar 2005Side garden of 4 New Cottages Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LX
Received 3 May 2022Richard Price Centre Bettws Road Llangeinor CF32 8PF
Received 8 Dec 201637 Camberwell Avenue Bridgend CF31 4QT
Received 16 Jan 2017345 A & C New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PH
Received 8 Jun 2010Bridgend Pupil Referral Unit Heol Persondy Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9RF
Received 16 Jun 2011Plot 20 Porth Y Castell Coity Bridgend CF35 6FB
Received 19 Feb 201311 Bryn Amlwg North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DJ
Received 22 Jan 201633 Preswylfa Court Bridgend CF31 3NX
Received 25 Sept 2024Civic Offices Angel Street Bridgend CF31 4WB
Received 16 May 200861 Trem Y Mor Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HA
Received 29 May 201517 Fulmar Road Porthcawl CF36 3UH
Received 16 May 201611 Tudor Drive Bettws Bridgend Cf32 8Ye
Received 28 Jun 2007Land rear of Princess Street Maesteg CF34 9BD
Received 30 Jun 2021Land At Parc Derwen Site R5/R25 Coity Bridgend
Received 30 Sept 2010Rear of 9-12 Deri Close Pencoed CF35 6UA
Received 4 Feb 2019Co-Op Food Store Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 7 Feb 2007Land north of Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 30 Jul 201939 Parkfields, Pen-Y-Fai, Bridgend, CF31 4NQ
Received 6 Mar 2026Kenfig House Farm Margam Port Talbot Sa13 2Pb
Received 16 Dec 2004Newbridge Fields Off Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3PN
Received 16 May 2014Land rear of 6 Pant Glas Pencoed CF35 6YL
Received 11 Aug 2016Records 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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