Plans Approved to Expand Pembrokeshire Engineering Firm and Demolish Workshop for Health & Safety Reasons

Plans to expand a Pembrokeshire engineering firm and demolish a workshop for “health and safety reasons” have been approved.
Rhyal Engineering Ltd, represented by Carl Bentley Architectural Services, applied to demolish a workshop-storage building and build a fabrication workshop behind Unit 8 at Thornton Industrial Estate, Milford Haven.
The company’s supporting statement said: “Rhyal Engineering is a UK market leading specialist in the design, construction and refurbishment of large diameter, field erected storage tanks and vessels.
“The company also services the mechanical engineering sector, covering general steelwork and pipe fabrication and installation.
“Operating across a wide range of business sectors including oil and gas, nuclear and renewables, the company operates from its main site at Milford Haven, which has large scale fabrication workshops designed to facilitate the handling of all mechanical requirements.
“They offer a complete design and build solution for all types of storage tank, covering all areas of the UK, Ireland and overseas.”
It added: “The business is looking to expand and diversify its business locally and nationally for the fabrication and supply of metal components for several sectors within the floating offshore wind and renewables/oil refineries/natural and LPG gas refineries etc.
“The proposed fabrication workshop will enable the applicant to expand their fabrication facilities at their Milford Haven site, grow their business, employ additional local personnel to help meet the ever increasing local and national demand for their services.”
Rhyal Engineering employs 110 people, including 28 at its Thornton site, and the applicants plan to create eight more jobs when the workshop is complete.
It added: “The existing workshop/storage building was completely demolished on Health & Safety grounds due to the building’s very poor condition during April-May 2026. All building waste material was removed from the site by certified disposal / demolition company and materials recycled wherever possible.”
County planners approved the application subject to conditions.
The supporting statement said the building was beyond repair and could not be extended, altered or refurbished to meet the company’s operational requirements, making demolition necessary for the new workshop. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

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