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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.
4,605 approved · 2,023 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ty Thomas Joint Vehicle Maintenance Newlands Avenue Litchard Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2DA
Received 9 Dec 202262 Bryn Llidiard Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Qn
Received 16 Jan 200739 Taliesin Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JR
Received 5 Jan 201418 Park Street Bridgend Cf31 4Ax
Received 12 Jun 2006Land Off Tremains Road (Adj To Haywain Court) Bridgend
Received 17 Apr 200812 Church Street Aberkenfig CF32 9AU
Received 24 Mar 202129 Cwrt Pant yr Awel Lewistown Ogmore Vale CF32 7HW
Received 7 Mar 2017Land north of 1 Heol Ty Maen Bridgend CF31 4QF
Received 2 Oct 201844 Princess Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BD
Received 2 Jul 201320 Albert Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0UF
Received 12 May 2009Seaview Farm Pyle Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5TB
Received 3 Mar 2014Land Rear 42 Long Acre North Cornelly Bridgend
Received 14 May 2007Land At Waterton Road Waterton Bridgend CF31 3UZ
Received 25 Nov 201340 Iron Way Tondu Bridgend CF32 9BF
Received 9 Jan 201222 Heol Tegfryn Pyle CF33 6LL
Received 11 May 20217 Clos Cae Ffynnon North Cornelly CF33 4HX
Received 7 May 201966 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 18 May 2010Caeau Gleision Broadlands West Bridgend
Received 9 Oct 200719 Onslow Terrace Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Hw
Received 23 Jun 2005Barclays Bank 90 John Street Porthcawl CF36 3DT
Received 5 Dec 2011"The Grange" Neath Road Maesteg CF34 9PL
Received 20 Aug 201317 Esgair Y Maes Broadlands CF31 5BL
Received 1 Sept 2020Land adjoining Cornelly Cemetery Ffordd yr Eglwys North Cornelly CF33 4HL
Received 14 Aug 202374 Parkfields Road, Bridgend, CF31 4BJ
Received 8 Sept 2025Records 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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