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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.
5,205 approved · 2,200 refused · 1,104 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Heol Fach North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Lb
Received 3 May 200510 Church Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Ag
Received 17 May 2005The Yard Rogers Lane Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0EU
Received 28 Sept 201836 Bowham Avenue Bridgend CF31 3PA
Received 4 Sept 201462 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NP
Received 6 May 201015 The Retreat Bridgend CF31 3NU
Received 17 Feb 2010Land rear of Arwerydd Porthcawl Road South Cornelly CF33 4RG
Received 12 Apr 2019Former Glamorgan Holiday Hotel The Square Porthcawl CF36 3BW
Received 15 Jun 20203 Bryn Pobydd Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Sn
Received 10 Jan 2006Coed Castell Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 30 Jun 200672 Austin Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5RS
Received 17 Feb 2009HMP Parc Heol Hopcyn John Coity CF35 6AP
Received 30 Apr 20262 Mill Street Maesteg CF34 9HS
Received 23 Sept 2019Plot 44 Caeau Gleison Broadlands Bridgend
Received 14 Jan 200917 Heol Nant North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Dg
Received 18 Dec 2006Grand Pavilion Esplanade Porthcawl CF36 3YW
Received 1 May 202419 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PJ
Received 19 Sept 20081 Danygraig Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5AA
Received 3 Oct 2018Hemingford Heol Yr Eglwys Penyfai CF31 4LY
Received 4 Apr 201811-12 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend Cf34 9Bu
Received 16 Mar 20064 Bower Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6NE
Received 31 May 201120 Hollyhock Drive Brackla CF31 2NS
Received 22 Jan 20188 Caer Llysi Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JJ
Received 11 Jun 2007105 Ty Gwyn Drive Brackla CF31 2QG
Received 30 Nov 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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