Plans to site public use storage containers close to a Pembrokeshire village’s railway station have been approved county planners.

The application by S Fussell, through agent Gethin Beynon, seeks permission to site the 27 containers – initially 25 – on an existing storage yard by Clunderwen railway station.

A supporting statement accompanying the application says: “The application seeks permission to site [the containers] to serve as a storage facility for a public use. The application site is located immediately to the north of the Clunderwen railway line and forms an existing storage and laydown yard.”

It adds: “The containers would all be accessed and open from the north elevation. The container frontage would be fenced off via post and rail fencing for security purposes with parking for 9 vehicles being provided. A turning head to the northwest of the site would be provided to provide accessibility to and from the storage compound. In terms of material finishes the containers would be of a conventional rectangular form and be constructed from steel.”

It says the proposal would “have a positive economic and social impact through employment construction via the development,” with minimal environmental impacts, based on the containers being sited in an existing storage and distribution yard, adding: “In terms of the proposal’s scale design and character, the modular form of the containers being adjacent to the railway line are in keeping with the immediate semi-industrial character of the area.”

A Pembrokeshire County Council officer report recommending approval said: “Plans were amended during the course of the application, due to comments raised by Dwr Cymru. The proposed storage containers have moved position to allow for a three-metre zone around two foul chambers which run through the development site.

“The proposal has increased to 27 storage containers, from 25. 15 containers will be 15ft by 8ft in size and 12 storage containers will be 20ft by 8ft in size. A secondary entrance has been proposed to the north-east.”

The application was approved with a long string of conditions.