Planning application
Land at Sandy Bay, former fairground, Eastern Promenade, Salt Lake and Harbour, Porthcawl
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Hybrid planning permission consisting of: detailed planning permission for a spine road from Eastern Promenade to Sandy Bay and outline planning permission for a mixed use development masterplan consisting of Up to 980 dwellings; Approx. 200,000 sq.m. (20ha) of open space including a series of new s...
As published by the council, reference P/26/140/HYB
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/140/HYB
- Type
- Hybrid application
- Status
- Under consideration
- Received
- 11 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 24 Apr 2026
- Parish
- Porthcawl Town Council
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bridgend register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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P/26/162/HRA Awaiting decision
Land at Sandy Bay, former fairground, Eastern Promenade, Salt Lake and Harbour, Porthcawl
Habitat Regulations Assessment for Hybrid planning permission consisting of: detailed planning permission for a spine road from Eastern Promenade to Sandy Bay and outline planning permission for a mixed use development masterplan consisting of Up to 980 dwellings; Approx. 200,000 sq.m. (20ha) of ope...
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Mar 2026
Received by Bridgend
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24 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 June 2026, 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
120 documents on file for this application
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About this record
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