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| Warehouse could bring 1,500 jobs | Warehouse could bring 1,500 jobs |
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| Up to 1,500 jobs could be created at a new distribution centre near Swansea. | Up to 1,500 jobs could be created at a new distribution centre near Swansea. |
| Plans for the warehouse, offices and roads on industrial land off Fabian Way are set to go before Neath Port Talbot's planning committee. | Plans for the warehouse, offices and roads on industrial land off Fabian Way are set to go before Neath Port Talbot's planning committee. |
| Three shifts of around 350 staff would work 24 hours a day packaging goods that would then be loaded on to lorries and transported across the country. | |
| The application has been made by Arlington Development Ltd on behalf of an unnamed company. | |
| The company wants to develop the warehouse into a distribution centre a quarter of a mile (390m) long, at the old Delta Compton aluminium works site, next to the Visteon plant at Jersey Marine. | The company wants to develop the warehouse into a distribution centre a quarter of a mile (390m) long, at the old Delta Compton aluminium works site, next to the Visteon plant at Jersey Marine. |
| In a report going before councillors on Friday, Neath Port Talbot's head of planning Geoff White said: "Goods will be delivered in large volumes by suppliers - picked to fill individual orders, packed and then dispatched. | In a report going before councillors on Friday, Neath Port Talbot's head of planning Geoff White said: "Goods will be delivered in large volumes by suppliers - picked to fill individual orders, packed and then dispatched. |
| "It is estimated that 350 would be employed on each three shift system, seven days week. | "It is estimated that 350 would be employed on each three shift system, seven days week. |
| "Seasonal fluctuations could see up to 1,500 employees in any one day." | "Seasonal fluctuations could see up to 1,500 employees in any one day." |
| Lorries would come and go at a rate of up to one every ten minutes during busy periods. | Lorries would come and go at a rate of up to one every ten minutes during busy periods. |
| "The development would have significant economical benefits to the area," added Mr White. | "The development would have significant economical benefits to the area," added Mr White. |
| Arlington Development has declined to comment at this stage, stating its application was commercially sensitive. |