Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
5,816 approved · 2,382 refused · 1,138 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Abergarw Farm Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 22 Dec 2015Owen G Motors site Dunraven Business Park Bridgend CF31 3AP
Received 6 Nov 201711 Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HN
Received 22 Jul 202110 Fitzhamon Road Porthcawl CF36 3JA
Received 13 Jan 2020Land Adj 50-51 Angelton Green Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4LQ
Received 19 Jan 2012110 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 5Pt
Received 8 Sept 20032 South Parade Maesteg CF34 0AB
Received 19 Apr 2022Land at Dyffryn Madoc Maesteg CF34 9RF
Received 24 Oct 2018Unit 1-3 4 Attlee Street Brynmenyn Industrial Estate CF32 9TQ
Received 20 Sept 20173 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Pw
Received 9 Jun 2006The Laburnums 33 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NN
Received 27 Feb 20184 Meadow Croft/Tyddyn Gwaun Laleston Bridgend CF32 0LN
Received 8 Aug 201224 Priory Oak Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HY
Received 4 Jan 201118 Clos Castell Newydd Broadlands Bridgend Cf31 5Dr
Received 14 Nov 200525 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill CF33 6DY
Received 9 Apr 2019Corniche Angelton Road Penyfai CF31 4LS
Received 16 Jun 2021Merthyr Mawr Warren, National Nature Reserve, Merthyrmawr, Bridgend
Received 28 Apr 2005South Wales Police Headquarters Cowbridge Road Bridgend CF31 3SU
Received 11 May 201811 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 6 Jun 2019165 Merlin Crescent Cefn Glas Bridgend CF31 4QL
Received 16 Feb 2021Land Base Building Bridgend College Pencoed Campus Pencoed CF35 5LG
Received 7 May 202120 Fenton Place Porthcawl Cf36 3Dw
Received 21 Jan 2004Land at Dainton Business Park Coity Road Bridgend CF31 1LT
Received 14 Nov 202534 Village Farm Road Village Farm Ind Estate Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Bn
Received 13 Oct 2006Records 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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