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RESOLVED: That in accordance with Officers’ recommendations, Application No. P2024/0711 – Tata Steel, Port Talbot Steelworks, Grange Road, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, SA13 2NG be Approved, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement, and the conditions detailed within the circulated report.
The Chair, Councillor J.Jones, welcomed all to the meeting.
No declarations of interest were received.
The minutes of the meeting held on 28 January 2025, were approved as an accurate record.
No requests for site visits were received.
Decision as recorded
RESOLVED: That in accordance with Officers’ recommendations, Application No. P2024/0711 – Tata Steel, Port Talbot Steelworks, Grange Road, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, SA13 2NG be Approved, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement, and the conditions detailed within the circulated report.
Officers made a presentation to the Planning Committee on this Application (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, at Tata Steel, Port Talbot Steelworks, Grange Road, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, SA13 2NG) as detailed in the circulated report. The Local Ward Members gave their support, and the CEX of Tata Steel UK was present to give his representations. RESOLVED: That in accordance with Officers’ recommendations, Application No. P2024/0711 – Tata Steel, Port Talbot Steelworks, Grange Road, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, SA13 2NG be Approved, subject to the signing of a Section 106 Agreement, and the conditions detailed within the circulated report.
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No urgent items were received.
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