Planning application
Ground floor flat and first floor flat, 23 Park Avenue, Porthcawl, CF36 3EP
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
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 2 flats for a period longer than 10 years
As published by the council, reference P/26/36/LAE
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/36/LAE
- Type
- Cert. of lawfulness Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- LAE refused
- Received
- 23 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 17 Apr 2026
- Parish
- Porthcawl Town Council
- Postcode
- CF36 3EP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jan 2026
Received by Bridgend
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5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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17 Apr 2026
Decision issued: LAE refused
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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 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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