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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.
4,947 approved · 2,117 refused · 1,089 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Marlpit Lane Nottage Porthcawl CF36 5EG
Received 18 Dec 20251 Sarn Villas Sarn Bridgend CF32 9SG
Received 24 Jan 2023Land off Dyffryn Madoc Dyffryn Madoc Maesteg CF34 9RF
Received 18 Sept 2020Ynysawdre Swimming Pool Heol-Yr-Ysgol Tondu Bridgend CF32 9ET
Received 18 Feb 201129 Newbridge Gardens Bridgend CF31 3PB
Received 29 Oct 2010Land rear of 44 Heol Llan North Cornelly CF33 4DP
Received 19 Jul 201610 Highland Court Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9US
Received 12 Aug 200851 Ffordd Haearn / Iron Way Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Bf
Received 18 Sept 2006Western bank of Wilderness Lake East of Ger Y Lyn Porthcawl CF36 5ND
Received 5 Oct 202251 West Road Porthcawl CF36 3SN
Received 23 May 2022Area Of River Ogmore & Adj Land Between Old Bridge & Water Street Bridge
Received 31 Jul 200675 West Park Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RL
Received 4 Jan 20101 Clos-Y-Deri, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3PR
Received 2 Apr 202698 High Street Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Af
Received 8 Mar 2006R/O 79 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 22 Feb 2013Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 15 Jun 2020Public telephone box 21m from Old House Public House Llangynwyd Village Maesteg CF34 9SB
Received 19 Mar 20219 Cefn Road, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, CF32 0BD
Received 24 Nov 20256 Heol Y Groes Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qe
Received 24 May 200511 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AX
Received 19 Jan 2024South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 23 Oct 2015Former Braichycymmer Junior School Site Bridgend Road Pontycymmer CF32 8EH
Received 7 Mar 2008Land Adj Old Police Station Bethania Row Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7AB
Received 23 Mar 20141B Garnwen Road Maesteg CF34 0EY
Received 15 Apr 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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