MEMBERS of Bridgend Council have given the go-ahead on plans for the development of an aggregates recycling facility in the county borough.
The plant which would be built and operated by Nolan Recycling will be developed on land at Stormy Down at a former quarry in Heol-y-Splot near an existing waste transfer station operated by the company.
The plans were approved by members of a council planning committee in May 2025 and will see the creation of the facility that can process 205,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste each year, increasing from the 45,000 tonnes which it currently processes.
Aggregate recycling involves the collection and reprocessing of used construction materials, such as concrete, bricks asphalt, soils and natural stone to to create reusable aggregates.
Plans say the development would help improve recycling rates across the county borough as well as creating 10 full time jobs once fully operational.
They added that the completion of the site is now expected to take 30 months in total with ground works needed to construct a level plateau on the previously quarried site alongside the building of the new plant.
The report read: “The facility will receive and process inert waste and soils (non-hazardous), sourced from off-site excavation, construction and demolition activities within the locality of Bridgend and neighbouring areas.
“The site would potentially receive and process up to 205,000 tonnes per annum of inert construction and demolition waste.
“This includes the 5,000 tonnes per annum of waste wood and 40,000 tonnes of aggregate and inert construction and demolition waste permitted to be received under the existing extant consent”
Some objections were raised by local residents over the plans, as well as by Merthyr Mawr Community Council who were concerned about the volume of traffic at the junction of the A48 and Heol y Splott.
They were also worried about potential noise created by work at the site along with levels of dust that could impact local properties and people.
However, officers said with conditions and operating hours reduced in the revised submission, on balance it was deemed that the scheme was acceptable.
They added that in terms of road safety in the area, highways officers had raised no objections against the plans- with a condition added so that vehicles will not be able to turn right onto the A48 when leaving the site.
The plans were later approved unanimously by members in attendance.
