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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.
7,607 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Park View Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9HF
Received 22 Dec 2010The Brentwood Hotel 37-41 Mary Street Porthcawl CF36 3YN
Received 7 Apr 202216 Pugsley Gardens Bryncethin CF32 9DX
Received 27 Aug 2019Hendre Post Farm Blackmill Bridgend Cf35 6Dp
Received 18 Oct 2004Unit 5 Waterton Retail Park Waterton Lane Bridgend
Received 1 Nov 2004Land Off Llynfi Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DS
Received 22 Sept 2009145 Commercial Street, Maesteg, CF34 9DW
Received 27 Nov 2024Land adjacent to 67 West Road Bridgend CF31 4HQ
Received 16 Oct 202029 Westfield Crescent Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sg
Received 27 Jul 200679 Glan y Nant Tondu CF32 9DT
Received 3 May 201710-12 Dunraven Place Bridgend CF31 1JD
Received 21 Oct 201627 West Road, Nottage, Porthcawl, CF36 3SN
Received 3 Sept 2026Land Rear Of 7 Heol Yr Onnen Pencoed CF35 5PF
Received 23 Dec 20151 Neville Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5LW
Received 13 Jan 2012Unit 1, 24 Adare Street Bridgend Cf31 1Ej
Received 30 Nov 2006Land To S.E. Of Llangeinor F.C. Llangeinor Bridgend Cf32 8Nu
Received 16 Nov 20049 Curlew Road Porthcawl CF36 3QA
Received 1 Oct 201925 Rest Bay Close Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 25 Nov 20225 Vale View Brackla Bridgend CF31 2BU
Received 24 Oct 201216 Church View Laleston CF32 0HF
Received 21 Jan 201942 Austin Avenue Porthcawl CF36 5RS
Received 8 Jul 2022106 Nolton Street Bridgend CF31 3BP
Received 24 Sept 202156 Parc Tyn Y Waun Pont Rhyd-y-Cyff Maesteg CF34 9RG
Received 18 Feb 2022Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club Waun Y Mer Kenfig Bridgend CF33 4PU
Received 6 Dec 2011Records 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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