Planning application · Battery storage · Neath Port Talbot
Chosen Park, Baglan Energy Park - Unit 3 - Battery Storage System
Awaiting Construction30 MWApplication P2025/0064Submitted 25 February 2025Granted 19 June 2025
The application
- Application number
- P2025/0064
- Planning authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- County or area
- West Glamorgan
- Nation
- Wales
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Aldustria Energy Storage
- Location
- Unit 3, Chosen Park, Lane From Brunel Way To Sewage Pumping Station, Baglan Energy Park, Neath, SA11 2HZ
Timeline
- 25 February 2025 Planning application submitted
- 19 June 2025 Planning permission granted
- 18 June 2030 Planning permission expired Date as recorded in the register
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0249, Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter, 102 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
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| EIR-0249 | 2026 | Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter | 102 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 131 km | Significant |
| EIR-0638 | 2020 | Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool | 206 km | Major |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Chosen Park, Baglan Energy Park - Unit 3 - Battery Storage System from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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