Margam Sub Station Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3NF

Request for Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environment Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 for a new 275 kV double busbar substation to replace and extend the existing Margam Substation, including a GIS hall and amenities building and 6no cables of 275 kV between Margam and Port Talbot substations to include cable trenching and Horizontal Directional Drilled (HDD) cable.

Status: Approved
Reference: P2025/0309
Type: Outline permission
Size: Medium
Ward: Margam & Taibach
Received: 2 May 2025
Consultation date: 12 May 2025
Decided: 22 May 2025
Decision: Not EIA Development

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A decision has been made, so the council is no longer taking comments. Approved, 22 May 2025.

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Received 21 May 2026
P2026/0329
Margam Substation Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 3NF
Details to be agreed in association with condition 4 (a landscape and habitat management programme) of application P2025/0817 granted on the 21/05/2026.
Approved326 m

Collected by UK PlanIt from Neath Port Talbot's planning register, which is the official record. Plans and drawings are on the council's website.