Aldi and Starbucks plan for 'eyesore' site

PROPOSALS to build a new Aldi and Starbucks coffee shop on a vacant site in Aberavon have been approved by the local council.

- LEWIS SMITH

The development will take place on a plot of land known as Burrows Yard, a brownfield site near Port Talbot town centre between Afan Way, Water Street and Isaac’s Place.

The plans for the residential area have been in the works since 2022 and were given the go-ahead by councillors at a planning committee meeting held in June 2025.

They are now expected to transform the currently empty 12,135 square metre plot of land, which has been described as an eyesore by locals in recent years.