Planning application
13 Church Place, Porthcawl, CF36 3AG
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use of 13 Church Place as two separate residential flats, one comprising the ground floor and one comprising the first and attic floors of the building.
As published by the council, reference P/26/194/LAE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/194/LAE
- Type
- Cert. of lawfulness Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- LAE approved
- Received
- 8 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 9 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 28 May 2026
- Parish
- Porthcawl Town Council
- Postcode
- CF36 3AG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Apr 2026
Received by Bridgend
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9 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 May 2026
Decision issued: LAE approved
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bridgend granted permission on 28 May 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 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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