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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.
5,139 approved · 2,182 refused · 1,101 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Oct 2002 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Lindsay Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TR
Received 14 Apr 2009Barclays Bank Plc 36 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JB
Received 28 Feb 201237 North Avenue Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Nd
Received 28 Feb 200727-29 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DD
Received 13 Jan 201249 Chantal Avenue Pen-Y-Fai Bridgend Cf31 4Nw
Received 1 Feb 2005HMP Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity CF35 6AP
Received 5 Feb 202678 Mill View Garth Maesteg Cf34 0De
Received 3 May 200511 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BU
Received 25 Feb 20155 Blackmill Road Bryncethin CF32 9YW
Received 6 Oct 201740 Cae Ganol Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RS
Received 4 Jul 200828 Lletai Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PW
Received 26 Jul 201018 Islawen Meadows Pencoed CF35 6LW
Received 13 Jul 20201 Mackworth Road Porthcawl CF36 5BP
Received 6 Dec 201725 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PJ
Received 25 Mar 2009Upper Ogmore Valley Between Blaengwynfi, Nantymoel & Blaengarw in Bridgend & Neath Port Talbot CF32 8AH
Received 16 Apr 202649 Davis Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Jj
Received 13 Jun 2005Site of former Sunnyside Council Offices and Magistrates Court Sunnyside Road Bridgend CF31 4AJ
Received 29 Jan 20219 Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BT
Received 19 Aug 2016Croesty Farm Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 5LY
Received 11 May 20172 Hedgemoor Brackla CF31 2JQ
Received 8 Jun 202292 Maple Drive Brackla CF31 2PR
Received 16 Jan 202015 Station Row Pontyrhyl Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8PJ
Received 8 Jul 2013Unit 6 Verlands Court Verlands Way Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Ja
Received 8 Aug 2006Land between 33-39 Station Road Nantymoel CF32 7RD
Received 12 Oct 2016Records 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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