Planning application
Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition Notification: Demolition of all the MCO COG Gas Holder, Conveyors, Conveyor Equipment, Pipe lines and their support Steel Structures and Equipment, Structures/Buildings and Equipment.
As published by the council, reference P2025/0905
Application record
- Reference
- P2025/0905
- Type
- Prior Notification Demolition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 12 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Margam & Taibach
- Parish
- Port Talbot
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Neath Port Talbot register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P2025/0906 Granted
Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot
Demolition Notification: For the proposed demolition of the HAA Building and associated infrastructure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Neath Port Talbot
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12 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approved
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28 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Tata Steel Ltd Applicant
5 applications on PlanIndex
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Neath Port Talbot granted permission on 12 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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