User controls (.ascx files) are a great way of re-using chunks of HTML and logic, easing maintenance overheading and ensuring you don’t repeat yourself, but used poorly they have exactly the opposite effect and vastly overcomplicate applications.
Take this scenario; you open up an .aspx page to fix a reported bug, only to find only a set of references to .ascx files. Undeterred, you open the control you believe contains the offending code, only to find… more .ascx references! In a page I came across recently, not only were there multiple levels of nested user controls, but in some cases those controls were used only once in the entire application. As a general rule, if you’re not going to re-use it, don’t extract it out into a separate file.
Treasure Your Exceptions 