Powell Dobson Urbanists was initially appointed in 2006 by R.E.  Phillips  &  Partners  to  advise  on  the  development  of  a  5.3  ha  site  of  brownfield  land  on the  coastline  near  Barry.    The  site was  allocated  in  the Vale of Glamorgan statutory Development Plan for  employment  uses  and  formal  representations  were  submitted to the Local Authority for it to be considered as a Candidate Site for development in the emerging  Local Development Plan.  These submissions included an illustrative masterplan for employment, residential  and outdoor recreation space.

PDU were retained to advise on the future development of  the  land  and  provided  planning  consultancy and  masterplanning  services  in  order  to  prepare  a development  proposal  for  employment  use  on  part of  the site,  as  an  initial  development  phase.    The development proposal comprised eight pavilion-style business units of two to three storeys giving a potential floor space of 6,000 square metres on a site of total area 1.3 ha. 

PDU  undertook  pre-application  discussions  with  the Local  Authority  including  the  submission  of  an  EIA Screening request in advance of the preparation of an outline  planning  application.    The multi-disciplinary team was led by PDU, and provided the broad range of documents and studies that were required to accompany the application.  These included landscape and visual impact assessment, ecology, noise and air impact assessments, plus a transportation impact assessment.    PDU prepared the Design and Access Statement and co-ordinated the planning application.