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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5,816 approved · 2,382 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard Cottage and land adjacent Church Street Newton Porthcawl CF36 5NP
Received 22 Oct 2024Unit 12, Broadlands Centre, Ffordd Tirion / Gentle Way, Bridgend Cf31 5Ej
Received 8 Feb 2005Land at former Bridgend Police Station and former Cheapside Multi-storey Car Park Bridgend CF31 1BZ
Received 27 May 202573 Woodstock Gardens Pencoed CF35 6ST
Received 30 Mar 202130 Dunraven Place Bridgend Cf31 1Jb
Received 12 Dec 2006Llanmihangel Mill Farm House Pyle Bridgend
Received 20 Aug 20045 Coegnant Cottages Caerau Maesteg CF34 0TP
Received 29 Apr 2016Penybont Football Club Bryntirion Park Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JU
Received 7 Mar 2018Land surrounding Werfa Telecom mast between Abergwynfi, Blaengarw and Nantymoel
Received 26 Mar 2018Maesteg Harlequins Rugby Football Club 25a Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9BW
Received 25 Jan 2021Stormy West Landfill Site Stormy Down Bridgend
Received 22 Aug 2018Land Off Coychurch Road Bridgend
Received 11 Oct 200419 Nant Ffornwg Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TJ
Received 27 Jan 201444 Esplanade Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YU
Received 11 Jun 200929 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 9 Mar 202132 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ay
Received 1 Aug 20078 Jubilee Gardens Porthcawl CF36 5TB
Received 16 Mar 20217 Eagle View Brackla Bridgend Cf31 2Nw
Received 21 Sept 20062 Y Goedlan Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9GD
Received 20 Oct 20099 Coed Parc Court, Bridgend, CF31 4HU
Received 6 May 2025Garden Of 60 Pant Hirwaun Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HH
Received 19 Jan 201522 Hall Drive North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4HS
Received 4 Oct 20075 Cefn Nant Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JE
Received 6 Sept 2011Summerville Bungalow Heol Las Mawdlam CF33 4PH
Received 15 Oct 2019Records 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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