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Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG

Granted Swansea 2024/2167/LPA Neigh. Auth. Consultation

Works: Extension Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Full planning permission for the demolition of existing buildings and structures, partial infill of the BOS lagoon, and construction of a new electric arc furnace-based steel production facility (1 no. arc furnace, 2 no. ladle furnaces). The development includes chemical/material storage and transfer infrastructure, pipework and cabling (above and below ground), buildings, fume and dust treatment plant, water treatment facility and material handling systems, electrical control rooms and power infrastructure, offices and ancillary facilities, together with new and amended roads and rail lines, landscaping and green infrastructure, lighting, hardstanding, CCTV, drainage and associated engineering operations. Outline planning permission (with all matters reserved except for access and landscaping) for the construction of a scrap metal handling facility and associated scrap yards, scrap processing facility, new substation, underground and overground electrical infrastructure, and new and amended roads and rail lines, landscape and green infrastructure, lighting, hardstanding, CCTV, drainage and associated engineering operations (Referral from Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council)

As published by the council, reference 2024/2167/LPA

Application record

Reference
2024/2167/LPA
Type
Neigh. Auth. Consultation
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: No Objection
Received
18 Nov 2024
Validated
18 Nov 2024
Decided
9 Dec 2024
Ward
St. Thomas - Bay Area
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SA13 2NG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Nov 2024

    Received by Swansea

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 9 December 2024, 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 outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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