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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.
5,090 approved · 2,160 refused · 1,100 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Park Terrace Tondu CF32 9HE
Received 13 Jun 201816a Danycoed Blackmill CF35 6ES
Received 16 Aug 201710 Y Lan Pencoed CF35 6SA
Received 4 Apr 2022B2 (Plot 112) Village Farm Road, Village Farm Industrial Estate, Bridgend CF33 6BL
Received 19 Dec 2024Plots 95-101 Land At Ty Draw Farm Pyle
Received 6 Apr 2016Verge Adjoining Fulmar Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Pp
Received 16 Jul 2004Former children's playground James Road Blaengarw CF32 8BP
Received 7 Jun 2018The New Theatre 7 Commercial Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Df
Received 19 May 2006West Farm Stables Ty Canol Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SY
Received 16 Jul 201313 Heol Faen, Garth, Maesteg Cf34 0Ja
Received 11 Apr 20057 Primrose Close & 3 Vale View Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BS
Received 27 Sept 20221 The Firs Dan Y Graig Porthcawl CF36 5AX
Received 11 Apr 2017Land South Of Gelli Las Farm Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EG
Received 11 Aug 2011Unit 1 Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend CF31 3YW
Received 26 Feb 2010Fairfield Stores 20 Fairfield Avenue Maesteg CF34 9LW
Received 18 May 2023Cae Court 12 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Nh
Received 6 Jul 200424 Greenmeadow Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BJ
Received 9 Sept 20201 Tydraw Lane South Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Sd
Received 25 Oct 200626 Greenacres South Cornelly CF33 4SE
Received 15 Aug 2016Stormy Down Anaerobic Digestion Facility Stormy Down CF33 4RS
Received 13 Jan 20232 Station Hill Bridgend CF31 1EA
Received 5 Apr 201621 Pen Yr Heol Pen Y Fai Bridgend CF31 4ND
Received 12 Mar 20131D Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jf
Received 29 Nov 2006Halifax 32 John Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Ba
Received 23 Mar 2007Records 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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