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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.
6,675 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land to the south of Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5AQ
Received 10 Oct 20242 Meadow Lane, Porthcawl, CF36 5EU
Received 13 Jul 2006Gadlys Villa Maesteg Road Maesteg CF34 9LB
Received 13 Jan 201529 North Road Ogmore Vale CF32 7EN
Received 11 Dec 2015Carey Baptist Church 3 Bridgend Road Aberkenfig CF32 9BN
Received 18 May 20155 Julians Way North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Et
Received 26 Feb 20076 Two Stones Crescent Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DZ
Received 6 Aug 201042 Park Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Ar
Received 31 Oct 200343 Church View Laleston Bridgend Cf32 0Hp
Received 21 Dec 2005Land At Duffryn Oaks (Plot 33) Pencoed Bridgend
Received 26 Aug 201017 Nottage Mead Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SA
Received 10 Feb 200934 Cae Canol Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RS
Received 1 Nov 201338 Mervyn Way Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6JH
Received 3 May 2012Ty Ysgubor off A4073 Llangynwyd CF34 9RW
Received 14 Aug 2019Well, 8-9 Canolfan, Brackla, Bridgend, CF31 2LL
Received 24 Jun 2026Mynydd Y Gelli / Mynydd Caerau Nr Abergwynfi Neath Port Talbot & Bridgend
Received 15 Nov 201056 Long Acre North Cornelly Bridgend Cf33 4Bg
Received 6 Dec 200416 St Michaels Road, Newton, Porthcawl, CF36 5SB
Received 10 Aug 202679 Davies Avenue Bryncethin Bridgend Cf32 9Jl
Received 25 Mar 2004North of Bryn Cottage Bryn Road Coychurch CF35 6AE
Received 16 Sept 2019The Court House, 4 Station St., Maesteg Cf34 9Al
Received 31 Jan 200525 Fulmar Road Porthcawl CF36 3UH
Received 14 Sept 202367 Clos Pwll Clai Tondu CF32 9BZ
Received 9 Sept 20156 Bardsey Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3TN
Received 6 Oct 2010Records 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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