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Western Wood Energy Plant Longland Lane Margam SA13 2NR

P2024/0016Proposed Lawful Development CertificateApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 February 2024

Council decision: Issue CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) for a replacement Substation (measure 5.8m in height, 9m in length and 6.5m in width); an LV Switch Room (9m in length, 6.6m in width and 5.3m in height) and a Transformer with associated compound (measuring 7.5m by 7m) and 2m high compound fencing.

Received
10 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Margam & Taibach
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 29 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Western Wood Energy Plant Longland Lane Margam SA13 2NR. Neath has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 4 weeks quicker than Neath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Margam & Taibach. We hold 683 applications in total for the SA13 postcode area.

99% of outline applications at Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SA13 2NR
Application type
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Port Talbot

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2024
Consultation expiry
12 January 2024
Consultation start
12 January 2024
Consultation end
12 January 2024
Last date for comments
12 January 2024
Target decision date
5 March 2024
Decision issued
9 February 2024
Permission expires
8 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Urbanists
Agent address
The Creative Quarter 8A Morgan Arcade Cardiff CF10 1AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12722670
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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