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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7,607 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Bos Leisure 12 Marshfield Avenue Pyle CF33 6RX
Received 3 Jun 201520 Cherry Tree Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 5Rd
Received 13 Sept 200627 Felindre Avenue Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PD
Received 27 May 200824 Westfield Crescent Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SG
Received 21 Mar 2012Laburnum Marshfield Avenue Pyle Bridgend CF33 6RP
Received 30 Jan 2008West Barn Penyfai CF31 4LL
Received 28 Jul 202210 Cherry Tree Avenue Newton Porthcawl CF36 5RD
Received 22 Dec 2022Primrose Cottage 1 Clarkes Row Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3SU
Received 24 Jun 2010Bryn Seion Chapel Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend
Received 4 Sept 2013Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site Llangewydd Road Bridgend CF31 4JP
Received 6 Apr 2023116 Quarella Road Bridgend Cf31 1Jt
Received 21 Jun 2007Rear Of 38 Coychurch Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5NG
Received 8 Jan 2015Tynewydd Farm Spion Kop, Ogmore Vale Bridgend Cf32 7Bt
Received 4 Nov 2005Atlantic Plastics Ltd Coytrahen Close Brackla Industrial Estate CF31 2AX
Received 29 Nov 20236 Longlands Close Pyle CF33 6LR
Received 13 Apr 201738 Heol Llansantffraid Sarn CF32 9NH
Received 15 Aug 201812 Blundell Avenue Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3YY
Received 30 Oct 20126 Bredenbury Gardens Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Ny
Received 2 Dec 2005Pencoed Comprehensive School Coychurch Road Pencoed CF35 6LZ
Received 15 Nov 20212 Clos y Talcen Penyfai CF31 4BU
Received 6 Feb 2023Cwmrisca Farm Cwmrisca Tondu CF32 0EH
Received 8 Jul 20218 Commercial Street Kenfig Hill Bridgend CF33 6DL
Received 9 Oct 2020Land off Convil Road Blaengarw CF32 8BN
Received 29 Jun 202062 Yr Ysfa Maesteg CF34 9AG
Received 29 Dec 2021Records 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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