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ST. MODWEN | A GENERATION OF REGENERATION | PROJECT FACTS

Coed Darcy - Project facts
A 25-year project, where the industrial legacy left by the former BP
Llandarcy oil refinery site is being regenerated into Coed Darcy,
a thriving new community with a potential economic impact of £1.2bn.

40,000

4,000

500,000

sq ft of new employment
accommodation

homes for around
10,000 residents

sq ft of retail and
leisure space

BP portfolio - Project facts

Such was St. Modwen’s meticulous and innovative approach to remediation
and brownfield renewal that Coed Darcy now forms part of a larger linked
development by St. Modwen in South Wales, following the acquisition of
2,500 acres of additional disused sites from BP in 2009.
This linked development is anticipated to take approximately 30 years to
complete and has four key areas of focus:
Employment - the 1,050 acre Baglan Bay site is earmarked
to provide over 4m sq ft of employment space as well as some
residdential units, located on the fringes of the site outside the
former operational area.
Education - the 65 acre former BP Transit site has been
transformed into the new £450m Bay Campus for Swansea
University. With a potential economic impact of £3bn over
the 10 year life of the project, the campus focusses on STEM
(Science Technology Engineering and Maths) subjects.

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primary schools and
one secondary school

85,000
sq ft of additional
commercial space

Environment - part of Baglan Bay is home to a 20,000 panel
photovoltaic park which Is now generating electricity at a level
close to five million KwH per annum, sufficient to supply energy to
more than 1,200 homes. St. Modwen also owns a 2,000 acre sand
dune; known as Crymlyn Burrows this Site of Special Scientific
Interest is located adjacent to the newly developed Bay Campus
for Swansea University.

Collectively, this linked development amounts to 3,500 acres making St.
Modwen the largest private owner of brownfield land in South Wales.
The vital statistics for the clean-up of this large portfolio are astounding:

250,000

tonnes of concrete
was recycled

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Housing - the 1,060 acre Coed Darcy, a new sustainable
community with provision for 4,000 homes and a proposed
development at Sully comprising 200 homes and sports facilities

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km of pipeline and
cables, were also
reclaimed and
removed

200,000

tonnes of sludge was
cleaned up utilising
new technologies
to produce
material usable for
landscaping

1.25m+

litres of oil was
recovered from lakes,
ponds and soil and
recycled for use as
fuel and lubricants

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