Porthcawl Primary School, Meadow Lane, Porthcawl, CF36 5EY Data via plota.co.uk

P/25/553/BCB - BCBC development Approved

Proposal

Construction of a Welsh Medium Seedling School within the site boundary of Porthcawl Primary School, incorporating a car park, external play space and two all weather pitches for use by Porthcawl Primary School Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Sept 2025
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Validated
24 Sept 2025
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Approved
23 Jul 2026

Approved on 23 Jul 2026 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Bridgend Development Control Committee on 23 Jul 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal would have no unacceptable impacts on visual or residential amenity, drainage, ecology, environment or highway safety.
  • Four objections raised concerns about amenity, traffic, parking, drainage, green space, disruption and possible effects on property and wellbeing.
  • The committee resolved to grant the application subject to the report’s conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed school, site and history, officers’ assessment, local concerns and the committee’s decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Bridgend's committee minutes of 23 Jul 2026.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Not affected
No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bridgend
Application type
BCBC development
Postcode
CF36 5EY
Received
12 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Parish
Porthcawl Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
24 Dec 2025
Decision
Reg 3 - deemed consent
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Agent
BCBC Major Projects Team
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 302 days from validation, 219 days slower than Bridgend's median of 83 for full applications. Approved, as 88% of full applications here are.

25%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
337decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bridgend in the last twelve months, from validation. Bridgend decision record →

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.