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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5,816 approved · 2,382 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Clos Y Mametz Porthcawl CF36 5DJ
Received 9 Mar 2020Land At Restway Gardens Bridgend CF31 4HY
Received 1 Apr 201162 Sandpiper Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3UT
Received 16 Jul 2026Cae Gof Playing Fields Cefn Road Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BA
Received 8 Sept 2022Kenfig National Nature Reserve Ton Kenfig, Pyle Bridgend Cf33 4Pt
Received 19 Apr 2005Plot 3 St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 29 Jun 202113 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JQ
Received 13 Aug 2009Ward Jones Bridgend Ltd Horsfair Road Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3YN
Received 6 Mar 2023Bridgend Tennis Club Church Road off Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3AZ
Received 23 Dec 2022Mount View 46 Hall Drive North Cornelly CF33 4HR
Received 29 Oct 2020Hmp Parc Prison Heol Hopcyn John Coity Bridgend CF35 6AP
Received 16 Sept 2011Adjacent to sports pavilion Meadow Street North Cornelly CF33 4LL
Received 11 Oct 202157 Duffryn Oaks Drive Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6LZ
Received 18 Dec 2020Former Labour Club 77-78 Caerau Road Maesteg CF34 0PG
Received 17 Nov 2014Garage site west of 103 Tudor Estate Maesteg CF34 0SP
Received 21 Dec 2022Land West Of Kenfig Industrial Estate Margam
Received 20 Jan 20126 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend Cf31 4Ss
Received 17 Nov 2004Land Adj 103B Mill View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0DE
Received 17 Jun 200910 Mayfield Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5NL
Received 26 Sept 200818 Cae Talcen Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RP
Received 29 Aug 2014Tyddyn Cildaudy Road Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Dl
Received 11 May 200745 West Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3HS
Received 1 May 2014Land adj Ty Gwyn Heol Y Graig Porthcawl CF36 5PB
Received 19 May 2017Maple Meadows Wern Tarw Road (Church Street) Rhiwceiliog Pencoed
Received 26 Jun 2026Records 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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