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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.
5,816 approved · 2,382 refused · 1,138 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Curlew Close Rest Bay Porthcawl Cf36 3Qb
Received 8 Dec 2006Heather Cottage Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend Cf31 3Ny
Received 16 May 200618 Westfield Crescent, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SG
Received 18 Jun 2026Heronston Hotel & Spa Ewenny Road Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 2 Aug 2018Land Adjacent To All Saints Way Penyfai CF31 4BX
Received 4 Feb 2014Porthcawl Bayside Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 8 Dec 2008Westcliffe, 25 Arosfa Avenue Danygraig Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ah
Received 21 Jun 2006Broadlands Shopping Precinct Ffordd Tirion Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 20038 Hawthorn Way Brackla Bridgend CF31 2PG
Received 28 Aug 200791A Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Dd
Received 16 Feb 2007Land at Parc Stormy Parc Stormy Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 2 Jun 2017Land At The Nicholls Arms Coytrahen Bridgend CF32 0EP
Received 4 Jun 2009Dan Y Garn A48 Laleston CF32 0LY
Received 7 Jan 2019Elms Cottage New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DL
Received 7 Aug 2024Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahene Close Brackla Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 2AX
Received 12 Mar 202612 Ffordd Y Goedwig Pyle CF33 6HY
Received 17 May 201712 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SN
Received 1 May 2012Land West Of 38/48 Heol Dewi Sant Bettws Bridgend CF32 8SU
Received 27 Jul 2010Nolton Street Bridgend Cf31 1Bu
Received 10 Nov 2004Land Adj Maesteg Cemetery Cemetery Road Maesteg Cf34 0Dn
Received 6 Oct 20053 Tudor Drive Betws Bridgend CF32 8YE
Received 1 Jul 201333 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EB
Received 16 Nov 2007Land off Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 30 May 2017South Wales Police Waterton Training Facility Waterton Bridgend
Received 13 Oct 2003Records 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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