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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.
6,599 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
183 New Road Porthcawl Cf36 5Bn
Received 26 Oct 2004Plot 2 Land Between Crown Road And Crown Rise Maesteg
Received 22 Jul 2009Cwmfelin Primary School Maesteg Road Maesteg CF34 9LD
Received 10 Jul 201811 Duffrynmadog Nantyffyllon Maesteg CF34 0BE
Received 7 Sept 2018Argos Park Plaza Waterton Cross Bridgend CF31 3XX
Received 18 May 2010Plot 8 & 9 St Clares (3 St Clares Court) Porthcawl CF36 5DS
Received 8 Sept 2025Land south of Heol West Plas (off Coity Bypass) Coity CF35 6BA
Received 22 Nov 2024Ground Floor 2 Heol Y Capel Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3ST
Received 4 Apr 2016Car park at Riverside Tavern Brewery Lane Bridgend CF31 4AP
Received 4 May 202226 Gwelfor Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BL
Received 15 Jul 201130 Park Terrace Tondu Bridgend CF32 9HE
Received 15 Apr 2008Plot 4 Abergarw Farm site Brynmenyn CF32 9LN
Received 30 Jan 2018West Barn Penyfai CF31 4LL
Received 15 Mar 201848 Bryneglwys Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Pr
Received 11 Mar 200410 Llys Teg Broadlands Estate CF31 5BH
Received 7 Aug 2006Clevis House, 15 Clevis Hill, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5NT
Received 10 Nov 202525 Abergarw Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Lf
Received 13 Oct 2004The Old Bakehouse Maesteg Road Tondu CF32 9BT
Received 19 Apr 20175 Caroline Street Bridgend CF31 1DQ
Received 15 Nov 2007Compact Cars, Waterton Road, Waterton, CF31 3YY
Received 2 Oct 2020West End Bungalow Old Village Lane, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SP
Received 15 Nov 20246 Elm Rise Bryncoch Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Sx
Received 27 Apr 200733 Oakfield Terrace Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Ss
Received 5 Jul 200463 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5EU
Received 4 Jul 2011Records 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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