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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.
5,311 approved · 2,232 refused · 1,109 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newton Primary School New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BL
Received 31 Oct 2023Plot 29 Heol Treth Village Farm Industrial Estate Pyle CF33 6BZ
Received 17 Sept 2015141 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend CF32 8DE
Received 26 Feb 200849 Heol Maes Yr Haf Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pj
Received 5 May 200548 Park Street, Bridgend Cf31 4Az
Received 10 Dec 200431 Birch Walk Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AN
Received 5 Jul 2011Ashfield House 13 Merthyrmawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 21 May 20106 Pant Ardwyn Pencoed CF35 6LJ
Received 24 Aug 2015Car park at Princess Of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1RQ
Received 27 Feb 2026Serendipity 2 Sandpiper Road Porthcawl CF36 3UD
Received 28 Mar 2018Royal Oak Station Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6EP
Received 29 Jan 2016Former Rhiw Multi Storey Car Park Bridgend
Received 7 Mar 201610 Clos y Grug Porthcawl CF36 3RW
Received 29 Jan 2018Oaklands Farm Rhiwceiliog Pencoed CF35 6NT
Received 15 Jun 201288 Pisgah Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DA
Received 30 Apr 2010Next to 10 Llwyn Gwern Pencoed CF35 6UL
Received 24 Aug 2016Sinclair Finance & Leasing Ltd Hernston Retail Park A48 bypass Bridgend CF31 3NB
Received 12 Jun 2019Parcau Isaf Farm Laleston Bridgend
Received 21 Mar 2012St Marys Catholic School Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JW
Received 17 Jun 2021Land adj Penylan Farm Aberkenfig CF32 9AN
Received 27 May 202544 Queen Street Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Hs
Received 13 Apr 2006Nantyffyllon Rugby Football Club Blosse Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0HP
Received 7 Dec 2007Plot 1, Adj 14 Garreg Road Pontycymer Bridgend Cf32 8El
Received 4 Jul 20062 Bryn Cottages Pont-Y-Rhyl Bridgend Cf32 8Px
Received 31 May 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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