Planning application
Sea Breeze Apartments 69-73 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of property as a total of 17 residential apartments
As published by the council, reference P/25/503/LAE
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/503/LAE
- Type
- Cert. of lawfulness Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- LAE refused
- Received
- 18 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 21 Nov 2025
- Parish
- Porthcawl Town Council
- Postcode
- CF36 5DH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bridgend register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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P/25/732/FUL Granted
Sea Breeze Apartments 69-73 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH
Conversion of the existing building to provide 16no. Use Class C3 assisted living apartments and ancillary communal/support facilities.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Aug 2025
Received by Bridgend
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9 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Nov 2025
Decision issued: LAE refused
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Bridgend refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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.
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