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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.
4,893 approved · 2,107 refused · 1,082 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Heol Blandy Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FN
Received 4 Aug 2017Land At Jct Of Tremains Road/Brackla Street Bridgend
Received 21 Mar 201311 Heol Ton Ton Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PS
Received 14 Oct 20201 Blackfield Row Cefn Cribwr CF32 0HB
Received 22 Oct 2018298 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5PL
Received 29 Jun 20181A Coegnant Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0TD
Received 9 Mar 2010Morfa Quinton field South of the Croft Barn Hill Laleston Bridgend
Received 1 Dec 2023Specsavers 59 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AY
Received 22 Jun 202667 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3AY
Received 23 Oct 2014Land at former St Johns School Newton Porthcawl CF36 5PD
Received 9 Feb 202320 Brynglas Terrace Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Pw
Received 30 Oct 20063 Lindsay Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TR
Received 8 Jul 2008Land north of M4 off Heol Llan, Coity
Received 10 Sept 2024Teg Awel Heol Dewi Sant Bettws CF32 8SU
Received 29 Nov 2023St Johns Ambulance Hall Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 22 Dec 2016The Jennings Eastern Promenade Porthcawl CF36 3BN
Received 30 May 2017Parc Newydd Farm Moor Lane Porthcawl CF36 3EX
Received 28 Apr 20144 Parkfields Penyfai CF31 4NQ
Received 16 Jan 201827 Rhiw Tremain Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JA
Received 22 Sept 20117 Meadow Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9YP
Received 26 Nov 2009Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5BL
Received 9 Apr 2008Land At Coity Road Bridgend
Received 25 Nov 2005Bridgend Designer Outlet Village Bridgend CF32 9SU
Received 26 Sept 201375 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 12 Nov 2021Records 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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