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Candwr Solar Farm Land At Court Farm Ponthir

Awaiting decision Torfaen 25/P/0693/SCOPE EIA Scoping

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Consideration an EIA Scoping Request (attached) for the Proposed Development (Candwr Solar Farm) of the installation and operation of ground mounted solar photovoltaic arrays with all associated works, equipment and necessary infrastructure on land at Court Farm, Ponthir, Monmouthshire (reference: DNS CAS-02366-F2C3K8 - Candwr Solar Farm).

As published by the council, reference 25/P/0693/SCOPE

Application record

Reference
25/P/0693/SCOPE
Type
EIA Scoping
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
12 Nov 2025
Validated
12 Nov 2025
Ward
Panteg
Parish
Pontypool Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Received by Torfaen

  2. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 7 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Awaiting decision

    Previously Pending Consideration.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 7 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Torfaen took a median of 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Torfaen for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Torfaen's median decision took 53 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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