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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5,816 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
18 Rathbone Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 0YL
Received 12 May 2011Bridgend Ford Unit 6 Horsefair Road Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend Cf31 3Yn
Received 8 Oct 20046 Well Street Porthcawl Cf36 3Be
Received 19 Mar 200728 Ffynnon Maen Pyle Bridgend
Received 24 Feb 200523, 24 & Field Adj. 24 Gregory Close Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rf
Received 3 Nov 20034 Llwyn Derwen North Cornelly CF33 4BH
Received 25 Jan 202122 Ogmore Drive Nottage Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Hr
Received 22 Aug 20032 Llwyn Helig Kenfig Hill Bridgend Cf33 6Hn
Received 4 Dec 200321 St Johns Drive Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NF
Received 19 Apr 201248 Heol Ty Gwyn Maesteg CF34 0EU
Received 22 Oct 20212 Pond Mawr Maesteg CF34 0NG
Received 19 Apr 201711 Tondu Road Bridgend Cf31 4Ja
Received 16 Sept 200377 Beach Road Pyle CF33 6AR
Received 6 Apr 201851 Heol Y Bardd Bridgend Cf31 4Ss
Received 13 Jul 20078 Brookfield Road Garth Maesteg CF34 0NJ
Received 2 Dec 20211 The Portway Porthcawl CF36 3XB
Received 8 Mar 202128 Glanogwr Road Bridgend CF31 3PF
Received 17 May 2022Ironmongers Church Street Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9AD
Received 12 Apr 20106 Jubilee Crescent Bridgend Cf31 6Ay
Received 9 Mar 2004Land Off Heol Eglwys Penyfai Ciw School Penyfai Bridgend Cf31 4Lx
Received 14 Feb 20067 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3NY
Received 25 Oct 20073 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SR
Received 3 Aug 2007Ysgol Cynwyd Sant Pen Yr Ysgol Maesteg CF34 9YE
Received 26 May 20225 Prince Road Kenfig Hill CF33 6ED
Received 21 Sept 2018Records 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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