Parts of Pembroke Dock’s historic port could be covered over if major changes proposed in five planning applications submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council get the go ahead – with people encouraged to have their say.

The Port of Milford Haven has submitted one planning application, three listed building application and one conservation area application all related to its masterplan for the haven waterway and the Pembroke Dock Marine, Swansea Bay City Deal project.

Outline planning for demolition, part demolition and infill, modification of slipways, erection of buildings and ancillary development – for port related activities including the manufacture of marine energy devices, boat manufacture and repair and erection of plant (outline planning permission with all matters reserved for future consideration)

The site is located  in the Milford Haven Waterway Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest as well as the Pembroke Dock Conservation Area.

This also requires a listed buildings application for the part demolition and modification of slipways at Gate 4.

Separate listed building applications for the infill of the dockyard’s timber pond and graving dock, including the removal and restoration of a caisson.

Supporting documents with the applications state that the two historic sites will be covered with a protective layer of sand before granular fill is put in and a building located partially on top, with foundations designed to avoid piles impacting directly on the walls of the timber pond.

A heritage impact statement adds that the upper part of the western wall will be retain as a visible point of reference and the dock entrance will be retained, with reference made to the potential for the works to be “reversible.”

Work to the slipways would retain the outermost walls and a Grade II listed former foremen’s office will also be conserved, reports add.

The overall plans include the creation of a single large slipway by partially demolition the Grade II  listed slipways one and two, dredging around the westernmost slipways, infilling of the graving dock and timber pond, demolition of various unlisted buildings in a conservation area, provision of large areas of hardstanding where buildings could be created for business, erection of buildings for the assembly, manufacturing and repair of vessels and devices, areas and buildings for the importation and storage of goods and raw materials for fabrication activities and enhanced interconnectivity between the new Gate 4 facility and the existing Gate 1 facility via transport corridors.

Visit Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning page to comment on the listed building applications by February 24 and the outline and conservation area applications by March 10.

 

 

PIC Indicative images of the new port area included in planning reports. PICTURE:  RPS Group plc