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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.
7,754 approved · 2,383 refused · 1,139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
100 Heol Las North Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4DL
Received 8 Sept 2023Tennis Courts East Of The Grand Pavillion The Esplanade Porthcawl Cf36 3Yw
Received 1 Mar 2004NHS Imaging Academy (former Sanken Power) Pencoed Business Park Pencoed CF35 5HY
Received 16 Oct 2017Maple Meadows Wern Tarw Road (Church Street) Rhiwceiliog Pencoed
Received 19 Oct 202328 Eleanor Close Pencoed Bridgend CF35 6RD
Received 23 May 2007Land At Former Stormy Down Airfield Stormy Down Bridgend CF33 4RS
Received 12 Aug 20085 Westbourne Court Porthcawl CF36 3HN
Received 15 May 2018Branksome Heol Yr Ysgol Coity CF35 6BL
Received 13 Nov 201411 Lewis Avenue Bridgend CF31 4JJ
Received 18 Jun 20243-7 Commercial Street & Fmr New Theatre Site Maesteg Bridgend CF34 9DF
Received 22 Nov 2013Tynewydd 8 Brynffrwd Close Coychurch CF35 5EP
Received 4 Aug 2020Former Swimming Pool Llangeinor Fields Llangeinor Bridgend CF32 8NU
Received 27 Jul 2010Maesteg Town Hall Talbot Street Maesteg CF34 9DA
Received 5 Aug 2024St Clares Convent Clevis Lane Porthcawl CF36 5NR
Received 22 May 201914 Joslin Road Litchard Bridgend CF35 6BD
Received 23 Nov 2015Plot 1 land at Maesgwyn House Blackmill Road Bryncethin CF32 9YN
Received 4 Apr 2019Land Adj Wyndham Arms Wyndham Ogmore Vale Bridgend CF32 7EU
Received 25 Jan 20136 Pleasant View Caerau Maesteg Cf34 0Rd
Received 5 Jun 2007Mucross Llan Road Cwmfelin Maesteg Cf34 9Hw
Received 27 Jul 2007Ty Gwg Pyle Road Pyle Bridgend CF33 6PL
Received 19 Oct 201213 Duffryn Close Coychurch Bridgend Cf35 5Ta
Received 14 Jan 20055 Pleasant View Caerau Maesteg CF34 0RD
Received 8 Mar 2016Devon View Garage South Cornelly Bridgend CF33 4RN
Received 9 Nov 2010Coedparc 42 Park Street Bridgend CF31 4BA
Received 27 Jun 2014Records 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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