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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.
6,646 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Eleanor Close Pencoed CF35 6RD
Received 24 Oct 202249 Hafod Las Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Nb
Received 14 Apr 2005Prior Garth Ewenny Road Ewenny Bridgend CF35 5AW
Received 8 Apr 201113 St Davids Way Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HB
Received 21 May 2008Land At 7 Talbot Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EL
Received 16 Aug 2007Bethania Chapel Bethania Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EX
Received 30 Aug 201111 Cwrt Yr Hen Ysgol, Tondu, Bridgend, CF32 9GE
Received 30 Jul 20252 Parcau Avenue Bridgend Cf31 4Sy
Received 29 Dec 2003Caergymrig Farm Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Tj
Received 30 Sept 2003Former garage site Maes Glas Ynysawdre CF32 9JZ
Received 17 Jan 201816 Collwyn Road Pyle CF33 6AL
Received 18 Jun 201917 Llwydarth Cottages Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9HA
Received 26 Mar 202429 Heol Mostyn Village Farm Ind Est Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Bj
Received 27 Jun 2005Plot 4 Penllwyngwent Industrial Estate Ogmore Vale CF32 7AX
Received 13 Jun 2022117 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Np
Received 25 Oct 2004Morris House South Road Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3RB
Received 17 Sept 2019South Parade Playing Fields Maesteg
Received 10 Jun 2022Unit 1b Main Avenue Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AG
Received 6 Sept 2022Entrance To Penybont Ind Estate Off Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1NW
Received 10 Oct 201124 Wildfield Bridgend CF31 5FF
Received 5 Oct 20204 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill CF33 6DL
Received 31 Oct 2016238 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 28 Nov 2016Land At Cwmdu Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 10 Dec 2003The Range Unit 6/7 Royal London Park Waterton CF31 3TN
Received 2 Jun 2020Records 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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