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Sea Breeze Apartments 69-73 New Road Porthcawl CF36 5DH

Refused Bridgend P/25/503/LAE Cert. of lawfulness Existing

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.

  • 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.

    Decided 29 Jun 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Aug 2025

    Received by Bridgend

  2. 9 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: LAE refused

  4. 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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What 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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    Granted Full applications New dwelling 15 docs
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