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Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN

Granted Swansea 2025/2690/DOC Discharge of Conditions

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

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)

As published by the council, reference 2025/2690/DOC

Application record

Reference
2025/2690/DOC
Type
Discharge of Conditions
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
29 Dec 2025
Decided
9 Mar 2026
Ward
Pontlliw And Tircoed - Area 1
Parish
Pontlliw Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SA4 8DN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 4 applications since 2019: 4 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2025/2188/FUL Granted

    Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN

    Underground HV cable for proposed solar farm granted planning permission on 11th June 2025 under planning reference DNS CAS-02282-Z9M8L7

    Decided 6 May 2026 Full applications
  • 2019/2251/DOC Granted

    Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN

    Discharge of conditions 3 (bat boxes), 4 (barn owl) and 5 (external lighting) of planning permission 2019/0841/FUL granted 23rd September 2019

    Decided 18 Nov 2019 Conditions
  • 2019/0841/FUL Granted

    Land South East Of Gwenlais Fawr Farmhouse Gwenlais Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DN

    Demolition of existing barn and construction of replacement agricultural building

    Decided 23 Sep 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 23 Dec 2025

    Received by Swansea

  2. 29 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Gwenlais Solar Ltd Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 2022 · London

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Documents

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10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 9 March 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 condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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