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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7,607 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Mary Street Porthcawl CF36 3YA
Received 8 Mar 201610 Queens Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5HP
Received 12 Jul 201138 Highfields Brackla Bridgend
Received 12 Mar 200416 St Johns Drive Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PW
Received 8 Apr 20118 Stormy Lane Nantymoel Bridgend Cf32 7Td
Received 19 Feb 20071 Penybryn Road Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Ht
Received 18 Mar 20053, 5 & 7 Adare Street & 12 &14 Elder Street Bridgend CF31 1ET
Received 15 Apr 2014Tynycoed, Fountain Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 0Ew
Received 18 Mar 2004Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 17 Dec 202122 Bridgend Road Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Eh
Received 1 Sept 20051 Sea View Cefn Cribwr Bridgend CF32 0BE
Received 25 Mar 2008234 New Road Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Ba
Received 14 Aug 2006Aberkenfig Telecom Exchange Bryn Road Aberkenfig Bridgend Cf32 9Bs
Received 7 Jul 200547 The Chase Brackla Bridgend CF31 2JJ
Received 19 Jul 201154 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend
Received 18 Aug 200329 Llwyn Glas Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AH
Received 29 Jan 2009United Rentals, Unit B9 New Street, Bridgend Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3UD
Received 10 Mar 2025Hartshorn House Neath Road Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9EE
Received 12 May 20119 Aneurin Bevans Way Garth Maesteg Cf34 0Sx
Received 27 Sept 20046 Locks Court Porthcawl CF36 3JJ
Received 6 Mar 201512 School Road Maesteg CF34 9LN
Received 21 Nov 2016McDonalds Restaurant Felindre Road Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 20 Jul 201636 Newcastle Hill Bridgend CF31 4EY
Received 10 Jun 2008Land Adj To 44 Queen Street Brynmenyn Bridgend Cf32 9Hs
Received 13 Oct 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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