Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

53 Fenton Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3DW

Awaiting decision Bridgend P/25/344/LAE Cert. of lawfulness Existing

Works: New dwelling Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of property as 2 flats

As published by the council, reference P/25/344/LAE

Application record

Reference
P/25/344/LAE
Type
Cert. of lawfulness Existing
Status
Under consideration
Received
2 Jun 2025
Validated
22 Jul 2025
Parish
Porthcawl Town Council
Postcode
CF36 3DW

Site history

Applications at this address on the Bridgend register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024.

  • P/24/797/FUL Awaiting decision

    53 Fenton Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3DW

    Retention of change of use from dwelling into 2 flats, and new first floor rear extension

    Submitted 20 Dec 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Received by Bridgend

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Bridgend took a median of 82 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

2 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Trade members open them from here.

Open the documents

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Bridgend for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bridgend decided lawful development applications in a median of 65 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • 53 Fenton Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3DW

    P/24/797/FUL Submitted 20 Dec 2024 0m away

    87% historically approved · decision due ~5 May

    Retention of change of use from dwelling into 2 flats, and new first floor rear extension

    Awaiting decision Full applications New dwelling Extension 7 docs
    Several homes
  • 16 Suffolk Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3EA

    P/25/634/FUL Submitted 29 Oct 2025 74m away

    Retention of part of unauthorised single storey extension and removal of the remainder of the unauthorised single storey extension

    Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs
    Small domestic
  • Gilgal Baptist Church Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3EP

    P/21/487/RLX Submitted 24 May 2021 164m away

    Vary conditions 1 and 2 of P/19/884/FUL to refer to amended plans

    Granted Conditions 12 docs
  • 2 Fairfax Crescent, Porthcawl, CF36 3EN

    P/26/26/FUL Submitted 21 Jan 2026 167m away

    Retention of single storey side extension

    Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs
    Small domestic
  • 1 Park Avenue Porthcawl CF36 3EP

    P/23/141/FUL Submitted 27 Feb 2023 187m away

    Single storey extension to rear/side of property

    Granted Full applications Extension 5 docs
    Small domestic
  • 7 Victoria Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3HG

    P/26/357/FUL Submitted 29 Jun 2026 224m away

    87% historically approved · decision due ~14 Sep

    Single storey rear extension

    Awaiting decision Full applications Extension 11 docs
    Small domestic

In Bridgend

  • P/26/111/LAP Refused

    20 Heol Cynwyd, Llangynwyd, Maesteg, CF34 9TB

    Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed detached garage

    2 Mar 2026 Lawful development
  • P/26/456/LAE Awaiting decision

    Ty Gardd Cottage Graig Farm Estate Newmill Blackmill

    Certificate of lawfulness for existing residential use of Ty Gardd Cottage as a single dwelling

    20 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • P/26/428/LAP Awaiting decision

    Bridgend College, Pencoed Campus, Penybont Road, Pencoed, Bridgend, CF35 5LG

    Certificate of lawfulness to excavate disused car park and construct new concrete slab, to allow the college to construct a temporary free-standing building for teaching of Brickwork and Roofing

    6 Aug 2026 Lawful development
  • P/26/234/LAP Withdrawn

    32 Pond Mawr, Garth, Maesteg, CF34 0NG

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed new dormer extension to rear of dwelling

    30 Apr 2026 Lawful development
  • P/26/253/LAP Granted

    Unit K2 Bridgend Designer Outlet Cefn Hirgoed Bridgend CF32 9SU

    Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed unrestricted hours trading operation (ie 24 hours a day) of the restaurant

    12 May 2026 Lawful development