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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.
7,338 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
99 Bridgend Road, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0NB
Received 17 Feb 2025103 Hendre Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6TN
Received 22 Jan 200886 Parkfields Road Bridgend Cf31 4Bl
Received 14 Mar 200521 Rhodfar Celyn Coity CF35 6FN
Received 6 Jun 2023Land to the south of Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HU
Received 28 Feb 202466 Severn Road, Porthcawl, CF36 3LN
Received 3 Jun 20259 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PW
Received 13 Jul 200979 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JJ
Received 6 Apr 2009Restway Gardens Bridgend CF31 4HY
Received 18 Feb 200930 Anglesey Way Porthcawl CF36 3QP
Received 9 Jan 20205 Chaucer Close Cefn Glas CF31 4PZ
Received 1 Jul 202066 Penprysg Road Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Rh
Received 14 Jan 200416 Pant Hendre Pencoed CF35 6LN
Received 20 Jan 2017Land off Princess Way northern roundabout North of Cae Cenydd Brackla CF31 2ES
Received 6 Aug 20268 Y Llest Penyfai Bridgend CF31 4NA
Received 19 Mar 2014Land Adj Maesteg R F C Llynfi Road Maesteg Cf34 9Ds
Received 20 Mar 200724,25 & 26 The Esplanade Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Yr
Received 13 Apr 20063 Rhodfa Mes Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BF
Received 24 Mar 201035 Cefn Coed Bridgend Cf31 4Ph
Received 29 Jun 2004Land Rear Of Salisbury Road Maesteg Bridgend
Received 31 Jul 200681 Quarella Road Bridgend CF31 1JX
Received 13 May 2014New Lynn Bryneglwys Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5NN
Received 10 Jun 20205 Y Dderwen Llangynwyd Maesteg Cf34 9Hx
Received 14 Oct 2003Aberkenfig Fire Stn (Former) Pandy Park Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Re
Received 29 Nov 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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