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Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot

P2025/0506Reserved MattersApproved

Approved on 26 September 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for the approval of reserved matters (appearance, scale, and layout) pursuant to planning permission P2024/0711 for the development of preliminary works and a new substation compound. Works to include earthworks, construction of working platforms, surface water management and drainage infrastructure, new electrical infrastructure (including ducting), new and improved internal access roads, 4 no. transformers, 1 no. generator, GIS building, amenity/welfare facility, water tank, storage/workshop buildings, boundary treatments, lighting, CCTV, noise mitigation measures, parking, creation of hardstanding and associated engineering operations.

Received
11 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Margam & Taibach
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided26 Sep

Decided in 74 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot. Neath has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer 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.

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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Port Talbot

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2025
Consultation expiry
13 August 2025
Consultation start
5 August 2025
Consultation end
12 August 2025
Last date for comments
13 August 2025
Target decision date
26 September 2025
Permission expires
25 September 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Turley
Agent address
18 Windsor Place Cardiff CF10 3BY

Planning decision

Case officer
Matthew Griffiths
Statutory period
74 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 July 2025
Site notice end
13 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14052674
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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