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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.
7,216 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridgend Quaker Meeting House 87 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4AZ
Received 5 Mar 2021Land North Of Gilfach Farm Off The Heathlands Gilfach Goch (Trane Renewable Energy Park)
Received 2 Jun 2006Land Between Crown Road & Crown Rise Maesteg Bridgend
Received 14 Oct 200918 Ffordd Haearn Tondu Bridgend Cf32 9Bf
Received 24 Feb 2005Rear of 18 Briary Way Brackla CF31 2PT
Received 12 Apr 2017Phase Iii Land At Cefn Glas Rd Cefn Glas Bridgend
Received 18 Jun 2007Heol Y Cyw Rugby Club 37 High Street Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6HR
Received 12 May 201425 Celtic View Litchard Bridgend CF31 1YG
Received 22 Jul 2009The Drop In Centre Griffin Park Porthcawl CF36 5PL
Received 17 Feb 2011Longacre Old Coachmans Lane Court Colman CF32 0HD
Received 27 Jan 2023Linkfield 64 Heol West Plas Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Ba
Received 29 Nov 200640 Evans Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EE
Received 11 Jul 2011Land at Nantyffyllon RFC Blosse Street Maesteg CF34 0BU
Received 13 Jul 2021Tythegston Court Tythegston Bridgend CF32 0NE
Received 12 Jun 20147 Nant Ffornwg Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4TJ
Received 4 Nov 20086 Cae Ffynnon Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HG
Received 27 Mar 2013Former Evergreen Hall Bryntirion Playing Fields Mount Pleasant Bridgend CF31 4EF
Received 11 Sept 2013Ground floor west wing 31 Ffordd Yr Hen Gae Pencoed CF35 5LJ
Received 10 May 201822 Crown Road Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6En
Received 1 Nov 2005Post Office 6 Oxford Street Pontycymer Bridgend CF32 8DA
Received 25 May 201233H Leyshon Way Bryncethin CF32 9AZ
Received 27 Mar 202436 Herbert Street Blaengarw
Received 27 Oct 200416 Joslin Road Bridgend Cf35 6Bd
Received 24 Oct 200560 Hazeldene Avenue Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JP
Received 27 Mar 2008Records 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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