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Housing plans may go on hold amid inlet eco fears
Western Mail
|October 11, 2025
HOUSING and other planned developments could be put on hold for months in one area because of concerns about a protected estuary.
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Swansea council's development manager, Ian Davies, said all new planning applications in the affected catchment area must prove they will not add polluting nutrients to the inner Burry Inlet, which comprises the Loughor Estuary and is part of a marine special area of conservation.
Environment regulator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has deemed the inner Burry Inlet to be in an "unfavourable condition" due to evidence of chemical and biological failure. This is believed to be caused by polluting nutrients from wastewater and agricultural schemes.
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