Industrial units replacing fire-damaged units at Unit 12a Part 2, Atlantic Trading Estate, Barry
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Glamorgan Planning Committee on 17 Sept 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
New units to replace a fire-damaged building
The application was for a new industrial building with 10 units to replace existing industrial units that had burned down in October 2023.
“New industrial building to provide 10no units (planning use class B1, B2 and B8) to replace existing industrial units burned down in October 2023.”
“The application was required to be determined by Planning Committee under the Council’s approved scheme of delegation because the application was of a scale that was not covered by the scheme of delegation.”
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Members consider the application
Members considered and discussed the application before reaching a decision.
“Following consideration and discussion by Members of the Committee, the application was…”
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Application approved
The committee approved the application subject to conditions.
“APPROVED subject to the following condition(s):”
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Use and ecology conditions attached
Conditions restricted the units to industrial and storage uses, and required biodiversity enhancement measures and a landscape and ecological management plan.
“The biodiversity enhancement measures set out in document ref: Green Infrastructure Statement shall be carried out in full prior to the first beneficial occupation or use of the development and thereafter retained in accordance with the approved details whilst the development remains in existence.”
“Prior to beneficial use of the development hereby approved, a Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP) shall be submitted to and be approved in writing by the Local Planning. The plan shall include aftercare measures for a period of no less than 10 years, including replacement planting details for any failures.”
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Contamination conditions attached
Conditions required a scheme to investigate and deal with any land contamination to be approved before development could begin.
“No development on the site shall commence until the following components of a scheme to deal with the risks associated with contamination at the site, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.”
“Prior to the occupation of the development a verification report demonstrating completion of works set out in the approved remediation strategy and the effectiveness of the remediation shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The report shall include results of sampling and monitoring carried out in accordance with the approved verification plan to demonstrate that the site remediation criteria have been met.”
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Officers set out their reasoning
Officers considered the proposal acceptable in terms of the principle of development, siting, scale, design, access, parking, amenity, flooding, drainage and ecology.
“The decision to recommend planning permission has been taken in accordance with Section 38 of The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which requires that, in determining a planning application the determination must be in accordance with the Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Development Plan for the area comprises the Vale of Glamorgan Adopted Local Development Plan 2011-2026 and Future Wales – the National Plan 2040.”
“TRIM – Planning 2026 September 17 – Minutes (MT) Employment Sites and Premises, Planning Policy Wales Ed.12 and TAN11 – Noise (1997), TAN12 – Design (2016), TAN15 – Development, Flooding and Coastal Erosion (2025) & TAN23 – Economic Development (2014) and the Council Supplementary Planning Guidance on Biodiversity and Development (2018); Parking Standards (2019) & Residential and Householder Development (2018) it is considered that the proposal is acceptable in relation to…”
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Sources
- Glamorgan Planning Committee minutes, 17 September 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Glamorgan's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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