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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.
7,152 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Highfields Brackla CF31 2PA
Received 6 Apr 20217 Napier Close Bridgend Cf31 1Tw
Received 22 Sept 2010Land At Chillcott Avenue Brynmenyn Industrial Estate Brynmenyn Bridgend CF32 9SZ
Received 8 Apr 2008Stormy West Landfill Site Pyle Bridgend
Received 19 Dec 2014Maesfron Merthyr Mawr Bridgend CF32 0LS
Received 8 May 20091 The Parc Priory Avenue Bridgend CF31 3LS
Received 30 Sept 2015Darren Fawr Woodland Blaengarw Bridgend
Received 20 Oct 201139 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 21 Jan 2021Army Reserve Centre, Territorial Army Centre, Heol West Plas, Coity, Bridgend, CF31 1PA
Received 1 Jul 202521 Glenwood Close Coychurch Bridgend CF35 5ET
Received 1 Mar 2013Pen y Fai Scout Hall Pen yr Heol Pen y Fai CF31 4NE
Received 6 Sept 20226 Ffynnon Groyw Broadlands Estate Bridgend Cf31 5Ar
Received 24 Oct 2006Land rear of 147-177 Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DE
Received 20 Aug 202160 Pyle Inn Way Pyle Bridgend CF33 6LH
Received 25 Nov 2008Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 15 Feb 202314 Cowbridge Road Bridgend Cf31 3By
Received 9 Mar 2007Field at bottom of Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr CF32 0AN
Received 13 Sept 2019Ford Motor Company Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3BF
Received 30 Sept 2013Land north-west of 75 Llangewydd Road Bryntirion CF31 4JP
Received 13 Mar 20233 Clevis Crescent Porthcawl CF36 5NY
Received 12 Jan 2021The Haven 21 Abergarw Meadow Abergarw Brynmenyn CF32 8YG
Received 18 Oct 201853 Maesteg Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 8 Feb 2005Plot 101 Cwrt Coed Parc Maesteg
Received 2 Jun 200415 Coed y Cadno Penyfai CF31 4GA
Received 11 Oct 2017Records 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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