New advisory boards will serve as a liaison for two of Neath Port Talbot's biggest scheduled developments in the coming years. The new Wildfox Adventure Resort in the Afan Valley and the Global Centre of Rail Excellence in Onllwyn are both set to bring huge sums of investment into the local economy in the near future along with the promise of many new jobs.
Specialist advisory boards consisting of members of cabinet and development representatives will now be set up after approval on Wednesday, February 22. The Wildfox Adventure Resort development was approved by Neath Port Talbot Council in November and will see a £250m adventure resort set in the Afan Valley on 132 hectares of land at Pen Y Bryn by Croeserw and Cymmer.
The proposals will include 570 holiday lodges, a 50-bed hotel and 15-bed apartment hotel, as well as indoor water park and canyoning facilities. Work is due to begin later this year. Developers of the site requested to set up a a liaison forum here to ensure the maximisation of the social, environmental, and economic benefits of the resort for the local people in communities based nearby.
