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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.
7,008 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Bethania Street Maesteg Cf34 9Ej
Received 14 Aug 200310 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PY
Received 26 Jan 20116 Maes Trawscoed Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5At
Received 14 Jan 2004Tynycoed Surgery Merfield Close Sarn CF32 9SW
Received 9 Sept 2014Boxing Club New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BW
Received 21 Nov 201127 Ffordd y Grug Coity CF35 6BQ
Received 21 Nov 20172 Oaklands Road Bridgend Cf31 4Sw
Received 21 Mar 200639 Castle View Litchard Bridgend Cf31 1Hl
Received 7 Aug 200387 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NS
Received 8 Nov 200750 Greenfields Avenue Bridgend CF31 4SR
Received 24 Aug 20211 King Edward Street Blaengarw Bridgend CF32 8ND
Received 27 Oct 201010 Heol Treharne Coytrahen Bridgend Cf32 0Ds
Received 3 Aug 2006270/270A New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 19 Jun 2014Blackmill Chapel Graig Terrace Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6DT
Received 17 Mar 201438 Prince Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Ed
Received 7 Jan 200421 Adare Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 30 Aug 201942 Heol Adare Tondu CF32 9EP
Received 18 May 20183 Ton View Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EX
Received 21 Apr 20134 Woodland Terrace Pantyrawel Blackmill Bridgend
Received 19 May 2005Grand Pavilion Esplanade Porthcawl CF36 3YW
Received 4 Jun 2024Treetops, Heol Yr Ynys Bridgend Cf31 3Lt
Received 5 Oct 200611 Highland Court Bryncethin CF32 9US
Received 27 Jul 2017Rockwool Ltd, Wern Tarw Road, Wern Tarw, Bridgend, CF35 6NY
Received 22 May 202651 Tremains Court Brackla CF31 2SR
Received 9 Nov 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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