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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.
4,854 approved · 2,097 refused · 1,074 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EG
Received 4 Dec 2013Brackla No.1 Car Park Cheapside Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 2005125 Glanffornwg Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1RN
Received 5 Apr 20111 Pen y Berllan Cefn Glas CF31 4QQ
Received 17 Oct 2022265 Maes Y Felin Wildmill Bridgend CF31 1YY
Received 19 Nov 200726 Llwydarth Road Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Eu
Received 31 Aug 20062 Bedw Arian Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TP
Received 15 Mar 20225 Neville Road Bridgend CF31 3HB
Received 27 Apr 20074 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 15 Apr 2016Unit 9 9 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BJ
Received 18 Mar 202438 Blackmill Road Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YN
Received 23 Jun 2014Parcel R17 Parc Derwen Coity Bridgend
Received 20 Dec 201046 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg CF34 9DG
Received 1 Jun 2018Land off Oakwood Drive Maesteg CF34 9TS
Received 14 Aug 20264 Church Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AA
Received 7 Jun 2012J P Board & Co Ltd 30/32 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BN
Received 21 Jul 2014Ar Graig Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LY
Received 10 Oct 201142 Austin Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RS
Received 8 Jul 2022100 Yr Ysfa Maesteg CF34 9BE
Received 3 Oct 2024Bryn Haulog, Heol-Yr-Ysgol, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6BL
Received 7 Jan 2026Jewson Ltd, Kingsway, Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3RY
Received 3 Mar 2025Natwest Bank 28 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1En
Received 26 Aug 2005Land R/O 1-15 Court Colman St Nantymoel Bridgend
Received 18 Nov 200515 Heol Elfed Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HJ
Received 3 Jun 2013Records 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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