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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.
5,033 approved · 2,143 refused · 1,098 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Plot 5 Hendre Gardens Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 27 Jan 200522 Picton Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3AJ
Received 21 Apr 202137 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 25 Feb 20134 Warwick Crescent Porthcawl CF36 3LH
Received 26 Apr 201817 Llwyn Castan Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5FG
Received 25 Oct 2021Cartref Picton Street Maesteg CF34 0EW
Received 16 Jun 20145 Lark Rise Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nu
Received 18 Aug 2005Heol Las Cottage Coity Bridgend CF35 6BS
Received 8 Feb 201049 Longfellow Drive Cefn Glas Bridgend Cf31 4Pp
Received 3 Jul 2006Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend CF31 3TN
Received 31 Oct 2024The Old Bakery 6 St Christophers Court Coity CF35 6DB
Received 25 Apr 201716 The Whimbrels Porthcawl CF36 3TR
Received 28 Sept 2018Land At Porthcawl Road (South 18 Curwen Terrace) North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4AW
Received 31 Jul 20147 North Point Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Rx
Received 17 Nov 20051A Tabor Place Maesteg CF34 9AJ
Received 28 Feb 2014Pentwyn Cottage Main Road Coychurch CF35 5HD
Received 17 May 202111 Honeysuckle Way Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nt
Received 22 Nov 200615 East Avenue, Kenfig Hill, Bridgend, CF33 6NN
Received 14 May 202519 Hazel Mead, Brynmenyn, Bridgend, CF32 9AQ
Received 2 Mar 2026Former Barclays Bank 90 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 22 Mar 202140 Heol Las North Cornelly CF33 4AS
Received 23 Mar 2015Land At Nant Lais Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4SD
Received 30 Mar 20096 St Davids Close, Brackla, CF31 2BN
Received 16 Jul 20247 Ffordd Haearn Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 25 Apr 2023Records 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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