Margam, Port Talbot - Planning Application For Development
What is planned?
SCHEDULE 2
Notice under Articles 10 and 25
Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(Wales) Order 2012
NOTICE UNDER ARTICLE 10 OF APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
Proposed development at National Grid Margam Substation, Margam, Port Talbot SA13 2NF.
I give notice that National Grid Electricity Transmission is applying to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council as the local planning authority for planning permission to extend the Margam 275 kV substation including the erection of a gas insulated switchgear hall (GIS hall) and the demolition of the existing control and amenities buildings to enable the erection of a new amenities building. Works to include earthworks, surface water management and drainage infrastructure, lighting, CCTV, boundary treatment, car parking, ecological improvements including a wildlife tower and gabion baskets, improved internal access roads, a backup diesel generator, storage and decontamination buildings, water storage tank, diesel generator, flood defense wall including flood gates and the excavation of peat and reburial within the site boundary together with appropriate landscaping and other associated engineering operations.
Members of the public may inspect copies of:
- The application
- The plans
- And other documents submitted with it at
Online at https://www.npt.gov.uk/planning-and-buildingcontrol/planning-applications/view-planningapplications/ And can be viewed at Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Offices. (see address below)
Anyone who wishes to make representations about this application should write to the Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council planning authority at Brunel Way, Briton Ferry, Neath, SA11 2GG by Friday 4 December
Richard Gott
On behalf of National Grid Electricity Transmission
Date 13/11/2025
Statement of owners’ rights
The grant of planning permission does not affect owners’ rights to retain or dispose of their property, unless there is some provision to the contrary in an agreement or in a lease.
Statement of agricultural tenants’ rights
The grant of planning permission for non-agricultural development may affect agricultural tenants’ security of tenure.
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