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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.
7,740 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8 Derwen Road Bridgend Cf31 1Lh
Received 21 May 200413 Bryn Dryslwyn Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5BT
Received 14 May 2014Barracuda Bar 26 Wyndham Street Bridgend CF31 1EH
Received 29 Jun 2009Rear Of 107 Bethania St Maesteg
Received 24 Sept 20039 Pen-Y-Fro Pencoed Bridgend Cf35 6Jg
Received 23 Mar 2004Somerfield Stores Tremains Road Bridgend CF31 1TZ
Received 8 Sept 200934 Bryntirion Hill Bridgend CF31 4DA
Received 29 May 20208 Bank Buildings Bridgend Industrial Estate CF31 3SB
Received 10 Mar 2015Unit 4 Llynfi Retail Park Llynfi Road Maesteg CF34 9DS
Received 21 Jul 2015Owen House Llewellyn Street Nantymoel CF32 7RF
Received 4 Apr 202222 Bryncoch Road Sarn CF32 9NY
Received 15 May 2014Land to rear of 2 Hillcrest Penyfai CF31 4NL
Received 1 Oct 2018Land south-east of Railway Terrace Heol Laethog Track Heol y Cyw CF32 9JE
Received 26 Apr 20211 Newton Nottage Road Porthcawl Bridgend CF36 5PF
Received 12 Nov 2013Woodlands 10 Heol Glynpandy Llangeinor CF32 8RB
Received 3 Mar 2017The Coach House Heol Y Felin Heol Y Cyw Bridgend CF35 6NL
Received 1 Jun 201269 Priory Oak Brackla CF31 2HZ
Received 26 Jul 201356 Brynteg Avenue Bridgend Cf31 3En
Received 15 Feb 2005Bryn Sarn Sarn Hill Sarn Bridgend CF32 9RW
Received 6 Nov 200719 Dol Nant Dderwen Broadlands Bridgend CF31 5AA
Received 15 May 2018Bethel Court Oxford Street Pontycymmer CF32 8DD
Received 6 Dec 20233 Islington Road Cefn Glas CF31 4QY
Received 28 Sept 2022Pleasant View Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Hn
Received 23 Feb 2004146 Oxford Street Pontycymmer Bridgend Cf32 8Df
Received 22 Jul 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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