Planning application
Land To The West Of Mount Road, Rhigos, Aberdare, CF44 9YS
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation and operation of battery energy storage system (BESS), together with high voltage substation compound, underground cable route, transformer stations, inverters, site access, internal access tracks, security measures, access gates, other ancillary infrastructure, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.
As published by the council, reference 25/0536/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0536/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Decision
- Received
- 12 May 2025
- Validated
- 12 May 2025
- Ward
- Hirwaun, Penderyn And Rhigos
- Postcode
- CF44 9YS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 May 2025
Received by Rhondda Cynon Taf
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Rhondda Cynon Taf took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Lighthouse Development Consulting Limited Agent, a developer registered in Penarth
Active · incorporated 2021 · Penarth
29 applications on PlanIndex · across 16 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
59 documents on file for this application
- NRW RESPONSE V3
- NRW
- PLANTING PLAN
- SPECIFICATION
- NRW COVER LETTER
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- PLANTING PLAN
- LEMP
- GI STATEMENT
- EIA
- FCA & DRAINAGE STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL APPRAISAL
- NRW
- NRW
- ARTICLE 18 HOLDING DIRECTION
- BBNPA CONSULTATION RESPONSE
- SOUTH WALES POLICE RESPONSE
- FRM
- FIRE SAFETY
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- WELSH GOV. TRANSPORT
- NPTCBC
- WELSH WATER
- WELSH WATER
- WELSH WATER
- WELSH WATER
- WELSH WATER
- HIGHWAYS
- NATIONAL GRID.
- APP FORM
- MOUNT ROAD SITE LOCATION PLAN 1
- MOUNT ROAD SITE LOCATION PLAN 2
- BESS CONTAINER DETAILS AND ELEVATIONS
- INVERTER TRANSFORMER ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED LAYOUT PLAN
- SPARE PARTS CONTAINER ELEVATIONS
- WATER TANK DETAIL ELEVATIONS
- FCA AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
- GI STATEMENT
- HERITAGE DBA
- LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
- LEMP
- LVAPP APPENDIX 1_1
- LVAPP APPENDIX 1_2
- LVAPP APPENDIX 1_3
- LVAPP APPENDIX 2
- LVAPP APPENDIX 3
- LVAPP
- MOUNT ROAD BESS - PAC REPORT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OUTLINE BATTERY SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN
- PLANNING DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- MOUNT ROAD CCTV ELEVATION
- MOUNT ROAD SUBSTATION ELEVATIONS
- ACCURATE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Rhondda Cynon Taf for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Rhondda Cynon Taf decided full applications in a median of 69 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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