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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5,816 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
84 John Street Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Bd
Received 31 Mar 200625 Clos Pendre, Coity, Bridgend, CF35 6QP
Received 20 Aug 202558 Woodlands Park Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6EB
Received 20 Mar 2014Land west of Heol Dewi Sant (former Bettws Social Club) Bettws CF32 8TA
Received 3 Oct 2024Porthcawl Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Harbour Porthcawl
Received 10 Sept 201914 Walters Road Bridgend CF31 4HE
Received 2 May 201399 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3RY
Received 22 Dec 202576 Rockfields Porthcawl CF36 3NT
Received 16 Nov 2018Land south west of City Road Bettws CF32 8TB
Received 3 Apr 2023Rear garden of The Cottage Coychurch CF35 5HD
Received 10 Nov 2025Brynteg Bettws Road Llangeinor CF32 8PH
Received 15 Oct 2018Aviation House Brocastle Avenue Waterton Industrial Estate CF31 3XR
Received 9 Feb 201849 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 16 Feb 202227 West End Avenue Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Ne
Received 30 Jul 2007La Cocina 2 Derwen Road Bridgend CF31 1LH
Received 28 Jan 2016Ashville, 3 Heol Goedog, Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend, CF32 0AN
Received 2 Feb 202625 Bryncoch Road Sarn CF32 9NY
Received 7 Nov 202243 Honeysuckle Way Brackla Bridgend
Received 28 Jan 2005Parc Tyn Y Coed Ph1 Heol Cwrdy Sarn Bridgend CF32 9NT
Received 17 Apr 20122 Pwll Evan Ddu Coity Bridgend CF35 6AY
Received 13 Feb 2013Land adj 38 Minffrwd Road Pencoed CF35 6SD
Received 12 Mar 2018Land at Carreg Llwyd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EH
Received 11 Sept 2017Land At 1 Heol Goedog Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Cf32 0An
Received 26 Jul 2004Allotments Rear Of Deri Avenue Pencoed Bridgend
Received 30 Apr 2010Records 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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