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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.
4,815 approved · 2,092 refused · 1,071 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maes Yr Haul Primary School Ffordd Tirion Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EG
Received 18 Jun 2012Grass Area Barnes Avenue / Heol Yr Enfys Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4UQ
Received 22 Apr 200846 St Christophers Road Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RU
Received 2 Nov 20078 Clevis Crescent Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ny
Received 10 Mar 2005Nantymoel Primary School Gwendoline Street Nantymoel CF32 7PL
Received 15 Sept 2017Eclipse 33 Sanderling Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TD
Received 14 Jul 2010Land At Tai'r Brithdir Maesteg Bridgend
Received 20 Feb 200922 Moriah Place Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DW
Received 20 Jan 20232a The Precinct Rowan Drive Porthcawl CF36 5AT
Received 8 Aug 202263 Salisbury Road Maesteg CF34 9EH
Received 25 Jun 201950 Angelton Green Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend CF31 4LQ
Received 27 Sept 201313 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw CF35 6HH
Received 4 Jan 202363 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 2 Sept 2024Plas Bryn Heol Spencer Coity CF35 6AS
Received 5 Feb 2020Land off Convil Road Blaengarw CF32 8BN
Received 27 Apr 201725 Lougher Gardens Porthcawl CF36 3BJ
Received 30 Apr 201937 Ffordd Y Goedwig Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Hy
Received 26 Jan 200648 St Patricks Drive Wildmill Bridgend Cf31 1Rp
Received 13 Apr 20053 Cwrt y Cadno Penyfai CF31 4GL
Received 10 Jul 2017Griffin Park Public Toilets Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 5TS
Received 30 Oct 2019Ty Isaf Farm Shwt Bettws Bridgend CF32 8UD
Received 24 Nov 2021Maes Y Delyn Main Road Coychurch CF35 5HW
Received 23 Oct 2018151 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BB
Received 20 Aug 20246 Heol Cerdin Maesteg CF34 9GG
Received 28 Sept 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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