Request for Scoping Opinion under Regulation 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 in respect of a proposed application for a rail testing and storage facility, known as the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE), and incorporating:- a Rolling Stock and Infrastructure Testing Facility (consisting of two test tracks of loop configuration, one 4.5km, inside a larger loop of 6.9km in length), New buildings including Test Platform/Station, Control Building, Research and Development Centre, Rolling Stock Maintenance Shed, Decommissioning facility and Rail Sidings, Winch-propelled facility for testing of track and track systems, Carriage Wash facility, plus ancillary development including land reformation, landscaping, infrastructure works and access (affecting land within Neath Port Talbot and Powys County Council administrative boundaries).

Land At And Surrounding The Nant Helen Opencast Coal Site, Powys And, Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot, SA10 9NN