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Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ

Granted Bridgend P/25/643/RES Reserved Matters application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Reserved matters for construction of the Interim Power Solution - a temporary new pylon and a substation - and the permanent Substation 2 (advance infrastructure), comprising transformers, switchgears and electrical equipment and the electrical earthing mesh, together with new buildings and the surf...

As published by the council, reference P/25/643/RES

Application record

Reference
P/25/643/RES
Type
Reserved Matters application
Status
Decided
Decision
Conditional consent (reserved matters)
Received
4 Nov 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Decided
13 Mar 2026
Parish
Bridgend Town Council, Coychurch Lower Community Council
Postcode
CF31 3PJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Bridgend register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • P/25/740/DOC Decided

    Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ

    Approval of details for condition 5 (Ground Gas Protection) in relation to Substation 1 of P/25/37/FUL

    Decided 18 Dec 2025 Conditions
  • P/25/739/DOC Decided

    Former Ford Engine Plant Waterton Industrial Estate Bridgend CF31 3PJ

    Approval of details for conditions 27 (O) Ground Gas Protection) and 29 (F) Ground Gas Protection of P/25/247/HYB

    Decided 12 Dec 2025 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Received by Bridgend

  2. 1 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Conditional consent (reserved matters)

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

73 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Bridgend granted permission on 13 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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