Planning application
Eirlys Solar Farm LandTo The South Of Moel Ton-mawr And West Of Mnyndd Margam
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Request for Information to Inform a Scoping Opinion from the Development of National Significance Team of PEDW under Regulation 33(7) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Wales) Regulations 2017 for construction of a solar farm (79MW) on a site area of 99.5ha with associated Battery Energy Storage System and Sub-station for a period of 40 years.
As published by the council, reference P2023/0181
Application record
- Reference
- P2023/0181
- Type
- Scoping Opinion
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Scoping Opinion
- Received
- 2 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 21 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2023
- Ward
- Margam & Taibach
- Parish
- Port Talbot
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision by Team Leader
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2023
Received by Neath Port Talbot
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21 Mar 2023
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Apr 2023
Decision issued: Scoping Opinion
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3 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
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