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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7,607 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
173 Caerau Road Maesteg CF34 0PD
Received 25 Feb 2014Land Between Cemetery Road & Wpd Substation Off Cemetery Road Bridgend
Received 26 Nov 2014Land North Of Abergarw Farm New Road Brynmenyn CF32 9LH
Received 10 Mar 2016Land Opposite 1 Ger Y Llyn Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5ND
Received 30 May 2013Bryntirion A F C Llangewydd Rd Sports Ground Bridgend Cf31 4Ju
Received 6 Mar 200630 Great Western Avenue Bridgend CF31 1NN
Received 17 Mar 2010Grassed area on Woodland Avenue opposite Heol Y Goedwig Porthcawl
Received 25 Jan 201713 Severn Road Porthcawl CF36 3LW
Received 13 Nov 201713 Rowan Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5AT
Received 13 Feb 2008Rear 14, 15 & 16 Sedd Goch Brackla Bridgend CF31 2HN
Received 24 Jul 2013Rely on Tyres Llwydarth Road Maesteg CF34 9EY
Received 11 Jan 201813 De Breos Drive Porthcawl Cf36 3Jp
Received 13 Jun 200773 Llys Pentre Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DY
Received 15 Feb 201149 Heol Croes Faen Nottage Porthcawl Cf36 3Sw
Received 3 Oct 2006Hunters Lodge Church Acre Brackla CF31 2JT
Received 26 Oct 2007Pentwyn Glynogwr Bridgend
Received 16 Aug 2007Land between 63 Pendre & 21 Litchard Park Bridgend CF31 1PE
Received 1 Aug 20198 Brynawel Bryntirion Bridgend CF31 4DL
Received 12 Jan 202217 Pintail Close Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3QD
Received 2 Jul 200811 Rest Bay Close Porthcawl CF36 3UN
Received 28 Oct 2019F/Way Verge ~ Bryntirion Hill Opposite Brynglas Bridgend Cf31 4Es
Received 24 Feb 200611 Derllwyn Road Tondu Bridgend CF32 9DG
Received 17 Oct 2023Land At The Rear Of Arwerydd Porthcawl Road South Cornelly
Received 4 Feb 200515 Candlestone Newydd Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5DX
Received 30 Mar 2016Records 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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