Planning application
Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Underground HV cable for proposed solar farm granted planning permission on 11th June 2025 under planning reference DNS CAS-02282-Z9M8L7
As published by the council, reference 2025/2188/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2188/FUL
- Type
- Full Plans
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 20 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 22 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 6 May 2026
- Ward
- Pontlliw And Tircoed - Area 1
- Parish
- Pontlliw Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Officer Panel
- Postcode
- SA4 8DN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swansea register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/2690/DOC Granted
Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN
Solar farm (Discharge of conditions 14 (intrusive site investigations), 15 (statement for remedial works) and 16 (ground gas) CAS-02282-Z9M8L7 (DNS Application) granted 11th June 2025)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Oct 2025
Received by Swansea
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22 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 6 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About full applications
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