Porthcawl is one of South Wales most popular holiday resorts with the majority of its visitors drawn from the local area and South-West England.

Still popular as a “bucket and spade” family location, Porthcawl is also increasingly seen as a water sports hotspot, benefitting from being the first surf location on the M4 travelling east to west and conditions being perfect for beginners. Improved facilities will cement the town’s unique selling point as as the heart of Welsh surfing.

Up to 16,000 sqft of floor space is proposed, clustered around Salt Lake Harbour and along the Salt Lake and Coney Beach Boardwalks.

A wide variety of commercial spaces are proposed, and the masterplan remains flexible to include scope for various leisure uses, to create a vibrant and unique
commercial offering and allows for the opportunity to host seasonal events in the large public spaces provided, which could include “pop up retailers”.

Proposals include new leisure space for cafes, restaurants, leisure uses, shops, arts, community facilities and a hotel, the creation of a continuous active promenade, up to 21ha of public open space and up to 1,100 new homes.