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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.