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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.
5,816 approved · 2,382 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
14 Suffolk Place Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3EA
Received 14 Mar 20082 Clos Yr Eos South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RJ
Received 13 Apr 2010Plot 2 land off Philip Avenue Bridgend CF31 4DH
Received 24 Apr 201910 River Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9YR
Received 8 Jan 201482 Heol Bryncwils Sarn CF32 9UE
Received 6 Jul 2017Bridgend Retail Park Cowbridge Road Bridgend
Received 11 Jul 2005Moriah Chapel Station Road Maesteg CF34 9TF
Received 9 Nov 201626 Carlton Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3ET
Received 29 May 2026Bridgend Motor Factors Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1UA
Received 22 Mar 2017Royal Oak Cottage Heol-Yr-Ysgol Coity Bridgend CF35 6BL
Received 14 Jun 2021Land Off High Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0AP
Received 31 Jan 20117 Brookland Terrace Price Town Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Sy
Received 30 May 2007Dan y Lan Farm Tyn-y-Caeau Lane Newton Porthcawl CF36 5SU
Received 11 Aug 2016Cae Court 12A Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NH
Received 1 Sept 20092 Talbot Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BT
Received 6 Jun 20089 Elder Street Bridgend CF31 1EU
Received 4 Jun 200928 Merthyr Mawr Road Bridgend CF31 3NR
Received 5 Dec 201221 Parcau Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ta
Received 21 Dec 200467 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DS
Received 23 Oct 202328 Graham Avenue Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NR
Received 17 Feb 2010Remploy Unit 2 Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3YN
Received 1 Jun 2011Former Pencoed Primary School site Penprysg Road Pencoed CF35 6RH
Received 28 May 2019SJB Car Sales site Trews Field Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 4LH
Received 31 Oct 2023Plot 18 Andrews Close Tondu Bridgend
Received 7 Feb 2005Records 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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