Understanding planning · 13 min read
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7,607 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
23 Talbot Street Maesteg Cf34 9Bw
Received 7 Apr 20068 Eastern Promenade Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 2 Nov 200469 Maple Drive Brackla Bridgend
Received 15 Apr 2005Tudor House Coychurch Road Bridgend CF35 5NS
Received 23 Nov 201112 Clos-Y-Grug Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RW
Received 13 Jan 201418 Oaklands Road Bridgend CF31 4SN
Received 17 May 201316 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5DN
Received 30 Sept 20082 De Turberville Close Porthcawl CF36 3JG
Received 30 May 202259 Danygraig Avenue Newton Porthcawl Cf36 5Ae
Received 30 May 2007St Michaels Church Brynmawr Place Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9PB
Received 2 Jul 2008Heronsbridge School Ewenny Road Bridgend CF31 3HT
Received 3 Aug 20093 Penylan Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3LE
Received 11 Feb 2021Land at Oxford Court Ogmore Vale CF32 7EL
Received 5 Aug 2022Devonian House Pyle Road Pyle CF33 6PG
Received 23 Jul 2025Unit 4 Hall Drive North Cornelly CF33 4HS
Received 7 Aug 2015Mynydd Portref/Mynydd Hugh North Of Brynna Rhondda Cynon Taf
Received 11 Aug 20069 Cwrt Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5EL
Received 28 Nov 2022143 Heol Ty Gwyn Maesteg Cf34 0At
Received 24 Feb 2004Plot 14 Andrews Close Tondu Bridgend
Received 15 Sept 2008Cae Helig Farm Pant Hirwaun Bryncethin Bridgend CF32 9YJ
Received 20 Dec 202340 Ffordd Y Mynach Pyle Bridgend Cf33 6Ht
Received 31 Oct 2003Former Church Hall Heol Persondy Aberkenfig CF32 9RL
Received 27 Jun 2018221 West Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3RT
Received 16 Jun 2011Garregwen 65 High Street Laleston CF32 0HL
Received 13 Aug 2019Records 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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