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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.
7,728 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 2001 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
232 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5BA
Received 27 May 201694 New Road Porthcawl
Received 19 May 20058 Well Street Porthcawl Bridgend Cf36 3Be
Received 16 Nov 200512 Fairfield Road Bridgend CF31 3DU
Received 5 Aug 2011Denryn 3 Tyddyn Gwaun Bridgend CF32 0LN
Received 7 May 20145 Juniper Close Porthcawl CF36 5BX
Received 21 Oct 2016Somerfield Stores Lias Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 3AH
Received 27 Sept 201097 Turberville Street Maesteg CF34 0LU
Received 4 Oct 2017Former Ritz Bingo Premises, Brewery Lane, Bridgend
Received 30 Aug 201126 St Brides Road Aberkenfig Bridgend CF32 9PY
Received 10 Jul 20098 Penybont Road Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5RA
Received 5 Mar 20099 Heol Fair Porthcawl CF36 5LA
Received 6 Dec 202228 Sanderling Way Nottage Porthcawl CF36 3TD
Received 22 Jul 2024Talycoed Heol Las Coity Bridgend Cf35 6Bs
Received 12 Apr 2006Greenfields 2 Meadow View Blackmill Bridgend CF35 6EY
Received 11 Oct 2021Unit 3C North Road Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3TP
Received 17 Jun 200834 Yr-Ysfa, Maesteg, CF34 9AG
Received 16 Feb 2024100 Ffordd y Draen Coity CF35 6DQ
Received 27 Jun 202463 Heol Fach North Cornelly CF33 4LN
Received 26 Mar 20216 Golden Terrace Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9BX
Received 16 Apr 201240 Tremains Court Brackla Bridgend CF31 2SR
Received 8 Sept 20091 Pant Poeth Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BD
Received 22 Aug 20086 Pintail Close Porthcawl Bridgend
Received 9 Feb 2006Bryngarw Country Park Brynmenyn CF32 8UU
Received 20 Sept 2018Records 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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